if you could read my mind

Don Williams

If you could read my mind love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie,
ââ?¬Ë?Bout a ghost from a wishinââ?¬â?¢ 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 Iââ?¬â?¢m a ghost you canââ?¬â?¢t see.

If I could read your mind love,
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstore sell
When you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me,
Heroes often fail
And you wonââ?¬â?¢t need that book again,
Because the endingââ?¬â?¢s just too hard to take.

Iââ?¬â?¢d walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a freeway script,
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene,
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love letââ?¬â?¢s be real,
I never thought I could act this way
And Iââ?¬â?¢ve got to say that I just donââ?¬â?¢t get it
I donââ?¬â?¢t know where we went wrong
But the feelinââ?¬â?¢s gone and I just canââ?¬â?¢t get it back.

If you could read my mind love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie,
ââ?¬Ë?Bout a ghost from a wishinââ?¬â?¢ well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet,
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines
Youââ?¬â?¢ll know that Iââ?¬â?¢m just tryinââ?¬â?¢ to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And Iââ?¬â?¢ve got to say that I just donââ?¬â?¢t get it.

I donââ?¬â?¢t know where we went wrong
But the feelinââ?¬â?¢s gone and I just canââ?¬â?¢t get it back...