If You Could Read My Mind

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 wishin' well
 In a castle dark or 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 that you can't see
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 If I could read your mind, love
 What a tale your thoughts could tell
 Just like a paperback novel
 The kind the drugstores sell
 When you reach the part where the heartaches come
 The hero would be me
 But 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
 Of 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
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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 wishin' well
 In a castle dark or a fortress strong
 With chains upon my feet
 But stories always end
 And if you read between the lines
 You'll know that I'm just tryin' 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
 
 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 wishin' well
 In a castle dark or 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 that 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 the drugstores sell
 When you reach the part where the heartaches come
 The hero would be me
 But 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
 Of 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 wishin' well
 In a castle dark or a fortress strong
 With chains upon my feet
 But stories always end
 And if you read between the lines
 You'll know that I'm just tryin' 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