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 wraped 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 REPEAT CHORUS You better hide your matches boy Oh, yeah You better hide your matches boy