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 with chains around my feet

You know that ghost is me

And I will never be set free as long as there's 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, the kind that drugstore's sell

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 lika a movie star who gets burned in a three-way script

Enter number two

A movie queen to play the scene of bringin' 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 wishin' well

In a castle dark, or a fortress strong with chains around my feet

But stories always end

If you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just tryin' 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