If you could read my mind, love 
What a tale my thoughts would tell 
Just like an old-time movie 
Out 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 would tell 
Just like a paperback novel 
That kind the drugstores sell 
When you reach the part 
Where the heartache comes 
The hero would be me 
The 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 spurned in a three-way script 
Enter number two 
The movie queen to play the scene 
And bringing all the good things out in me 
But for now, love, let's be real 


Chorus: 
I never thought I could feel this way 
And I 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 would 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 
Stories always end 
And if you read between the lines 
you know that I'm just trying to understand 
The feelings that you lack 


Chorus 


If you could read my mind, love...