Skeeter Davis If You Could Read My Mind lyrics

If You Could Read My Mind by Skeeter Davis

If You Could Read My Mind lyrics

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 caste the 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't see. 

If I could read your mind love what a tale your 
thoughts could tell 
Just like a paperback novel the kind the drug stores 
sell 
Then you reached 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 endingis just too hard to take. 

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I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned 
In a three way script enter No. 2 
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 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. 

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 caste the dark or a fortress strong with chains 
upon my feet 
But stories always end 
And if you read between the lines you'd know 
That I'm just trying to understand 
The feeling's 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.