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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 Lyrics
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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 (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
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind Samples
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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
Andy Williams – If You Could Read My Mind
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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
Henry Jamison – 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 wishin' well / In a castle dark or a fortress strong
Stars On 54 (Ft. Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez & Ultra Naté) – If You Could Read My Mind (Hex Hector remix)
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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
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
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[Verse 1: Diana Krall] / 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 wishin' well / In a castle dark
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