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Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Track: If You Could Read My Mind

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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, 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 drugstore sells
When you reach the part where the heartaches 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 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 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 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
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Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
[Verse 1] / 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 wishin' well / In a castle dark or a fortress
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind Samples
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Don Williams – If You Could Read My Mind
(Gordon Lightfoot) / 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 wishin' well / In a castle dark or a
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind (Live)
[Verse 1] / 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 wishin' well / In a castle dark or a fortress
Andy Williams – If You Could Read My Mind
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
Jesse Dayton – If You Could Read My Mind
[Verse 1] / 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
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind Covers
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Stars On 54 (Ft. Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez & Ultra Naté) – If You Could Read My Mind
[Intro] / Ooh, ooh babe / [Verse 1] / If you could read my mind love / What a tale my thoughts would tell / Just like an old time movie / 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well / In a
Neil Young – If You Could Read My Mind
[Verse 1] / 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
Johnny Cash – If You Could Read My Mind
A cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s 1970 song. This song was recorded in the months after the death of his wife June Carter. Cash does a similar job on this as he did on his legendary
Amber – If You Could Read My Mind
If you could read my mind love / What a tale my thoughts would tell / Just like an old time movie / 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well / In a castle dark or a fortress strong / With
Stars On 54 (Ft. Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez & Ultra Naté) – If You Could Read My Mind (Hex Hector remix)
If you could read my mind love / What a tale my thoughts would tell / Just like an old time movie / 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well / In a castle dark or a fortress strong / With
Jonathan Coulton – If You Could Read My Mind
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
Elisa Rodrigues – If You Could Read My Mind
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
Olivia Newton-John – If You Could Read My Mind
[Verse 1] / 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 / [Pre-Chorus 1] / In a castle
Gordon Lightfoot – Song for a Winter's Night (Live)
[Verse 1] / The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top / The snow is softly falling / The air is still in the silence of my room / I hear your voice softly calling / [Chorus] / If I
Gordon Lightfoot – 14 Karat Gold (Live)
[Verse 1] / If you see me smile don't think I'm actin' strange / I got my just reward for all my pains / If you see me on the TV talkin' proud / Please understand if I don't talk
Gordon Lightfoot – Carefree Highway (Live)
[Verse 1] / Hey, pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream / I wonder how the old folks are tonight / Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face / She left me
Gordon Lightfoot – Rainy Day People (Live)
[Verse 1] / Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call / Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all / Rainy day people don't lie when
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain (Live)
[Verse 1] / In the early mornin' rain / With a dollar in my hand / With an achin' in my heart / And my pockets full of sand / I'm a long ways from home / Lord, I miss my loved ones
Gordon Lightfoot – Shadows (Live)
[Intro] / One two three four / [Verse 1] / Won't you reach out, love, and touch me? / Let me hold you for a while / I've been all around the world / Oh, how I long to see you smile
Gordon Lightfoot – Let It Ride (Live)
[Verse 1] / These are just the simple facts / I will relate to you / Though they are not connected / Each and every one is true / If they seem a bit untidy / Well, unraveling them
Gordon Lightfoot – Fine As Fine Can Be (Live)
[Verse 1] / You're as soft as the rose / You're as sweet as the honey / You're as warm as the bright mornin' sun / You're as cool as the breeze / In the last days of April / You're
Gordon Lightfoot – Borderstone
[Verse 1] / The night is as black as the coal dust on the tracks / Up to the east day is dawning / From time to time I get women on my mind / I'm a son of a gun / [Chorus
Gordon Lightfoot – Old Dan's Records (Live)
[Intro] / Perfect song for the perfect Friday night / A-one two three four / [Verse 1] / Get out old Dan's records / Dig out old Dan's records / She'd dance with Dan till two or
Gordon Lightfoot – Christian Island (Live)
[Verse 1] / I'm sailin' down the summer wind / I've got whiskers on my chin / And I like the mood I'm in / As I while away the time of day / In the lee of Christian Island / [Verse
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Gordon Lightfoot release “If You Could Read My Mind”?
Gordon Lightfoot released “If You Could Read My Mind” in April 1970.
Q:Who wrote “If You Could Read My Mind” by Olivia Newton-John?
“If You Could Read My Mind” by Olivia Newton-John was written by Gordon Lightfoot.
Q:Who wrote “If You Could Read My Mind” by Stars On 54?
“If You Could Read My Mind” by Stars On 54 was written by Gordon Lightfoot.
Q:Who wrote “If You Could Read My Mind” by Jesse Dayton?
“If You Could Read My Mind” by Jesse Dayton was written by Gordon Lightfoot.
Q:Who wrote “If You Could Read My Mind” by Michael Ball?
“If You Could Read My Mind” by Michael Ball was written by Gordon Lightfoot.
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The most popular song on Gord's Gold by Gordon Lightfoot is “If You Could Read My Mind” with a total of 80.9K page views.
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