Hide Your Matches

I could catch

Just like a candle

Melt myself down to an end

And I have no way of ever

Coming back 'round here again

Or I could glow

Just like an amber

Rising out of an autumn fire

Drifting toward the heavens

Floating higher and higher

You better hide your matches boy

'Cause I could spark

Like thin white paper

Wrapped tight 'round

Some cigarette

And leave nothing

But the smell of smoke

And the bitter taste of regret

Or I could get hot

Like them coals

That turn the water into steam

And fall down around you

Like some misty morning

You better hide your matches boy

You better hide your matches boy

Chorus:

Oh, 'cause I'm bound to lose all

I am right here in your arms

And it ain't gonna take much

And it ain't gonna take long

So you best turn your eyes

If you're not ready tonight

To watch me burn like this

You better hide your matches

'Cause I can't afford to let you go

I'm afraid to draw you near

'Cause I could get so lost in you

That I might disappear

And the words are

On the tip of my tongue

But you won't hear a sound

'Cause once that fire

Gets going there's no way

To slow it down

You better hide your matches boy

You better hide your matches boy

(Chorus)

You better hide your matches boy

Oh, yeah

You better hide your matches boy