If You Could Read My Mind lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot
Title: If you could read my mindArtist: Gordon Lightfoot
Composer: Gordon Lightfoot
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If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
�bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark
or a fortress strong
With chains up on my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I�m a ghost
you can�t see
If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that the drugstores sell
When you reach the part
where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
Heroes often fail
And you won�t
read that book again
Because the ending�s
just too hard to take
I�d walk away like a movie star
who gets burned
in a three way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
off bringing all
the good things out in me
But for now love, let�s be real
I never thought I could act this way
And I�ve got to say
that I just don�t get it
I don�t know where we went wrong
But the feeling�s gone
And I just can�t get it back
If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
�bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark
or a fortress strong
With chains up on my feet
Stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You�ll know that I�m
just trying to understand
the feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I�ve got to say
that I just don't get it
I don�t know where we went wrong
but the feeling�s gone
And I just can�t get it back
