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 you could read my 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,
but heroes never die
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 strip.
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
While bringing all the good
things out indeed
But 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 feeling's gone,
and I just can't get it back
If you could read my mind, love,
what a tale I'd watch today
Just like an old time movie
About a ghost from the wishing
well
You