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 upon my feet

you know that ghost is me

And I will never be set free

as long as I'm a ghost

that you can see

If I could

read your mind, love

what a tale

your thoughts could tell

Just like a paperback novel

the kind the drugstores sell

when you reach the part

where the heartaches come

the hero would be me

heroes often fail

And you won't

read that book again

because the ending's

just too hard to take

I 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 wishin' well

In a castle dark

or a fortress strong

with chains upon my feet

the story always ends

If you read between the lines

you'll know that I'm just

tryin' to understand

the feelin' that you left

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