If You Could Read My Mind Songtext / Lyric

Just like an old time movie
Em
Bout a ghost from a wishin' well.
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In a castle dark... or a fortress strong
E F#m
With chains upon my feet
D A
You know that ghost is me.
D A
And I will never be set free
D E A
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see.
A
If I could read your mind, love,
Em
What a tale your thoughts would tell.
A
Just like a paper-back novel...
Em
The kind that drug stores sell.
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When you reach the part where the heartaches come
E F#m
The hero would be me...
D A
And heros often fail
D A
And you won't read that book again
D E A
Because the ending's just too hard to take.
A7 D
I walk away like a movie star
E F#m
Who gets burned in a three-way script...
D A
Enter number two
D A
A movie queen to plays the scene
D E F#m
Of bringing all the good things out in me.
D A
But for now. love, lets be real.
D A
I never thought I could act this way
D
And I've got to say
E
That I just don't get it.
D A
I don't know where we went wrong
D
But the feeling's gone
E A
And I just can't get it back
A
If you could read my mind, love
Em
What a tale my thoughts could tell.
A
Just like an old time movie
Em
Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
A A7 D
In a castle dark... or a fortress strong
E F#m
With chains upon my feet...
D A
And stories always have an end.
D A
If you read between the line
D E F#m
You know I'm just trying to understand
D A
The feelings that you lack
D A
I never thought I could act this way
D E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it.
D A
I don't know where we went wrong
D
But the feeling's gone
E
And I just can't get it
D A
Never thought I could act this way.
D E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it.
D A
I don't know where we went wrong
D
But the feeling's gone
E A
And I just can't get it back