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

About a ghost from a wishing well

In a castle dark or a fortress strong

With chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me

And I won't ever 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 paper back novel

The kind the drugstore sells

When you reach the part where the heartaches come

The hero won't be beat 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 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 bring get it back

If you could read my mind, love

What a tale my thoughts could tell

Just like and old time movie

About a ghost from a wishing well

In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet

But stories always end, if you could read between the lines

You'd 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 feelings gone

And I just can't get it back