If You Could Read My Mind ( Gordon Lightfoot ) Marcus Nimbler

If You Could Read My Mind performed and programming by Marcus Nimbler written by Gordon Lightfoot 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 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 am a ghost, 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 drugstore sells When you reach 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 ending’s just too hard to take I’d 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