If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot

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  S1:
  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
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  B1:
  In a castle dark  

  Or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet 

  You know that ghost is me
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  R1:
  And I will never be set free 

  As long as I am a ghost you can't see 

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  S2:
  If I could read your mind, love 

  What a tale your thoughts could tell 

  Just like a paperback novel 

  The kind the drugstore sells
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  B2:
  When you reach the part  

  Where the heartaches come the hero would be me 

  But heroes often fail
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  R2:
  And you won't read that book again 

  Because the ending's just too hard to take
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  B3:
  I'd walk away  

  Like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script 

  Enter number two
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  R3:
  A movie queen to play the scene 

  Of bringing all the good things out in me 

  But for now, love, let's be real  

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  R4:
  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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  S3:
  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
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  B4:
  In a castle dark  

  Or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet 

  But stories always end
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  R5:
  And if you read between the lines 

  You'll know that I'm just trying to understand 

  The feelings that you lack
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  R6:
  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 

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