I awoke with a fright from a terrible dream We were performers way up on a flying trapeze The spotlight followed our silvery swings There were fanfares and drum rolls and everything Then it came to the part where we meet in midair And I held out my hands but your hands weren't there And I fell, and I fell that's when I woke with a fright From that terrible dream And you were there by my side like you've always been I wondered what it meant and I answered Who knows, just insecure I suppose It's a frightening and dangerous thing To give your heart to someone Your relax, turn your back and they're gone 'Three hundred lost' the newsreader said In a wayward flight bound for Australia today I knew you weren't planning no Australian trip But I called the airport anyway As the girl ran her fingers down the passenger list I swear someone could have lived off the heartbeats I missed And I prayed, oh I prayed that's when I heard you whistling As you walked in the door Whistling and walking like always before And I wondered was I mad and I answered Who knows, just insecure I suppose It's a frightening and dangerous thing To give your heart to someone Your relax, turn your back and they're gone It's a frightening and dangerous thing To give your heart to someone Your relax, turn your back and they're gone And they're gone, and they're gone