If You Could Read My Mind

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 
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 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 feelin'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 feelin's that you lack 
I never thought I could feel this way 
And I've got to say that I just to get it 
I don't know where we went wrong 
But the feelin's gone 
And I just can't get it back