Olivia Newton-John - If You Could Read My Mind Lyrics

Songwriter: Gordon Lightfoot

Producer: Bruce Welch John Farrar

[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 dark, or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me

[Chorus 1]
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost, that you can't see

[Verse 2]
If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstores sell

[Pre-Chorus 2]
When you reach the part, where the heartaches come
The hero would be me, the hero often fails

[Chorus 2]
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

[Pre-Chorus 3]
I'll walk away, like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script, enter number two

[Chorus 3]
A movie queen to play the scene
Are bringing all the good things out in me

[Post-Chorus 3]
But for now love, let's be real

[Bridge 1]
I never thought I could act this way
And I've got to say, 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

[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 4]
In a castle dark, or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The story always ends

[Chorus 4]
If you could read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand

[Post-Chorus 4]
The feelings that you lack

[Bridge 2]
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
The feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back

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