If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
About a ghost from a wishing 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 the drugstores sell
When you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me.
Heroes often fail.
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take.
I walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script;
Enter number two: A movie queen
To play the scene
Are bringing all the good things out in me,
But for now love, let's be real.
I never thought I could act this way.
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 could tell.
Just like an old-time movie
About a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The stories always end.
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
The feelings that you lack.
I never thought I could feel this way
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.