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If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
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Just like an old time movie, 'bout a ghost from a wishing well.
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In a castle dark, or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me,
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And I will never be set free, as long as I'm a ghost, that you can see.
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If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell.
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Just like a paperback novel, the kind the drugstore sells.
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When you reach the part, where the heartaches come, the hero would be me, heroes often fail,
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And you won't read that book again, because the ending just too hard to take!
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I walk away, like a movie star, who gets burned in a three way script, enter number two,
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A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me, but for now love lets be real;
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I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it,
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I don't know where we went wrong but the feelings gone and I just can't get it back.
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If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
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Just like an old time movie, 'bout a ghost from a wishing well.
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In a castle dark or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet, but stories always end.
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And if you read between the lines, you'll know that Im just trying to understand, the feelin's that you left.
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I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it.
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I don't know where we went wrong but the feelings gone and I just can't get it back!
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Written by Gordon Lightfoot