Porter Kalan - If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) lyrics

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If you could read my mind love<br />

What a tale my thoughts could tell<br />

Just like an old time movie<br />

'Bout a ghost from a wishing well<br />

In a castle dark, <br />

Or a fortress strong<br />

With chains upon my feet<br />

You know that ghost is me<br />

And I will never be set free<br />

As Long as I'm a ghost <br />

That you can't see<br />

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If I could read your mind love<br />

What a tale your thoughts could tell<br />

Just Like a paper back novel<br />

The kind any drugstores sell<br />

When you reach the part<br />

Where the heartaches come<br />

The hero would be me<br />

But heroes often fail<br />

<br />

And you won't read that book again <br />

Because the endings just too hard to take<br />

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I'd walk away just like a movie star<br />

Who gets burned in a three-way script<br />

Enter number two<br />

A movie queen to play the scene<br />

Of bringing all the good things out in me<br />

But for now love, lets be real<br />

I never knew I could act this way<br />

And I've got to say that I just don't get it<br />

I don't know where we went wrong<br />

But the feelings gone<br />

And I just can't get it back<br />

<br />

If you could read my mind love<br />

What a tale my thoughts could tell<br />

Just like an old time movie<br />

'Bout a ghost from a wishing well<br />

In a castle dark, <br />

Or a fortress strong<br />

With chains upon my feet<br />

But the stories always end<br />

<br />

And If you read between the lines<br />

You'll know that I'm just trying to understand<br />

The feelings that we lack<br />

I never knew I could feel this way<br />

And I've got to say<br />

That I just don't get<br />

I don't know where we went wrong<br />

But the feelings gone<br />

And I just can't get it back