If You Could Read My Mind

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[Verse 1]
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If you could read my mind, love
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What a tale my thoughts could tell
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Just like an old time movie
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'bout a ghost from a wishing-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 you can't see

[Verse 2]
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If I could read your mind, love
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What a tale your thoughts could tell
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Just like a paperback novel
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The kind that drugstores 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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And heroes often fail
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And you won't read that book again
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Because the ending's just too hard to take

[Middle Section]
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I'd walk away like a movie star
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Who gets burned in a three way script
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And 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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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 
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But the feeling's gone
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And I just can't get it back

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[Verse 3]
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If you could read my mind, love,
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What a tale my thoughts could tell
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Just like an old time movie
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'bout a ghost from a wishing-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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The story always ends

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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 feeling that you lack
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I never thought I could feel this way
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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 
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But the feeling's gone
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And I just can't get it back