If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot (#5 in 1970)

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 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 heartache come
The hero would be me, But heroes often fail
And 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 number  two
A  movie queen to  play the scene, Of  bringing all the  good things out in  me
But for  now love, let's be  real, I  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  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,  'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong, With chains upon my feet
But 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
And I've got to say that I just to get it
I don't know where we went wrong, But the feeling's gone
And I just can't get it back