If You Could Read My Mind
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an all-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, oh a fortress strong
With chains upon 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 drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the hidings come
The hero would be me
Heros often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Bringing all the good things out in me
But for now, love, let's be real
I never knew I'd feel this way
And I gotta 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 all-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, oh a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just trying to understand
The feeling that you left
I never knew I could feel this way
And I gotta 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
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an all-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, oh a fortress strong
With chains upon 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 drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the hidings come
The hero would be me
Heros often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Bringing all the good things out in me
But for now, love, let's be real
I never knew I'd feel this way
And I gotta 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 all-time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, oh a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just trying to understand
The feeling that you left
I never knew I could feel this way
And I gotta 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
Credits
Writer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
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