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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Cash
Vocals
Benmont Tench
Organ
Dennis Crouch
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gordon Lightfoot
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rick Rubin
Producer
David Ferguson
Mixing Engineer
Jimmy Tittle
Assistant Recording Engineer
Greg Fidelman
Mixing Engineer
Dan Leffler
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Paul Figueroa
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Vlado Meller
Mastering Engineer
Mark Santangelo
Assistant Mastering Engineer
John Carter Cash
Associate Producer
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 around 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 drugstore sells
When you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
Heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I 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
I never thought I could act 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 castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
The feeling that you left
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
Writer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
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