If You Could Read My Mind

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If you could read my mind, love
Em
What a tale my thoughts would tell
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Just like an old time movie
Em
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
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In a castle dark or a fortress strong
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With chains upon my feet
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You know that ghost is me
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And I will never be set free
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As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

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If I could read your mind, love,
Em
What a tale your thoughts would tell
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Just like a paper-back novel
Em
The kind that drug stores sell
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When you reach the part where the heartaches come
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The hero would be me
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Heroes often fail
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You won't read that book again
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Because the ending's just too hard to take

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I walk away like a movie star
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Who gets burned in a three-way script
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Enter number two
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A movie queen to play the scene
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Of bringing all the good things out in me
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But for now love, let's be real
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I never thought I could act this way
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I've got to say that I just don't get it
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I don't know where we went wrong
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But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

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If you could read my mind, love
Em
What a tale my thoughts could tell
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Just like an old time movie
Em
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
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In a castle dark or a fortress strong
     E              F#m
With chains upon my feet
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Stories have to end
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And if you read between the lines
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You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
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The feelings that you lack
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I never thought I could act this way
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I've got to say that I just don't get it
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I don't know where we went wrong
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But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it
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Never thought I could act this way
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I've got to say that I just don't get it
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I don't know where we went wrong
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But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

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