Watching the time bomb ticking away Watching the time bomb you better pray you're somewhere safe And the only way to make us laugh is to make us cry You're watching the time bomb ticking away inside You're watching the time bomb ticking away Watching the

Two footprints, your footprints in the sand Lord knows you can't trust your head Thought you'd abandoned me and Let go of my hand But you were carrying me Carrying me to safety Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh When you're standing

Better things will surely come our way And magic without love Magic without love Here we're safe Hear me say Don't drag me down Just because you're down And just 'cause you're blue Don't make me too

Safety Joe, Safety Joe (Safety Joe, Safety Joe) What do you say? What do you know? If you don't loosen up the buckle On your heart and start to chuckle Well, you're gonna die of boredom, Safety Joe Well, he never got too lonely And he never got too sad

And so it goes, and so it goes And you can have this heart to break And you're the only one who knows In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along I spoke to you in cautious

Holdin' on you so you run again Every time, you shy away Tied to your fears and you hide away Dreams are hard to follow when you're dreaming behind a window Holdin' it back, playin' it safe Wondering "did I do this right?", and saving it for tomorrow

Watching the time bomb ticking away Watching the time bomb you better pray you're somewhere safe And the only way to make us laugh is to make us cry You're watching the time bomb ticking away inside You're watching the time bomb ticking away Watching the

Show yourself Lose yourself You're not as safe as far as I can tell And I can tell Only you can save yourself Soon this will all be a distant memory Or could this dream be real at all? Stars align

She's harder to handle than you think son You feel safe when you're with her Think twice before you pull the trigger She feels good in your hand from the first little spark But guns shoot bullets and bullets break hearts Heartbreak's a bitch She'll kill

'Cause I worry about you the whole night If you're home I just hope that you're sober Is it time to let go now you're older? Don't leave me this way, I won't sleep 'til you're safe inside Don't repeat my mistakes, I won't sleep 'til you're safe inside