Gordon Haskell If You Could Read My Mind lyrics

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Haskell

If You Could Read My Mind lyrics

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 that drugstores sell 
when you reach the part 
Where the heartaches come 
The hero would be me 
The hero often fails 
And you won't read that book again 
Because the ending's just too hard to take 

I'll 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 
And I've got to say, 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