I am a careful man Being as careful as I can And will be and still be Free to be in balance to see What I should and should not But according to who knows what Who turns out to be me The hard way eventually I am a man with a terror Of another error Having survived I have arrived At being careful now Hanging on and hoping somehow That I will be OK And having loved and lost the way I did the way I can Learning the hard way now I plan To be a careful man Steven Curtis Lance