"If You Could Read My Mind" lyrics

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, in a fortress strong
With chains around 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 would tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that the drugstores sell
When you reach the part
Where the heartache comes and 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 that could play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
And 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 would tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, in a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But the stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelings that you lack

And 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