If You Could Read My Mind Lyrics - Jeannie C. Riley

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 

In a cast the 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 drug stores sell 

When you reached the part 

Where the heartaches start 

The hero would be me but heroes often fail 

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 No. 2 

A movie queen keep to play the scene 

Of bringin' all the good things out of 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' is 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 wishing well 

In a cast the dark or a fortress strong 

With chains upon my feet 

But stories always end 

And If you read between the lines 

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

The feelin's that you lack 

I'd 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 feelin' is gone and I just can't get it back