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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Don Mclean
Don Mclean
Vocals
David Wintour
David Wintour
Bass
Bob Henrit
Bob Henrit
Drums
Bob Metzger
Bob Metzger
Guitar
Les Morgan
Les Morgan
Percussion
Jimmie Horowitz
Jimmie Horowitz
Piano
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Violin
T. Horowitz
T. Horowitz
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
Songwriter

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'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 drugstores sell When you reached the part Where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail 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 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 we 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 around my feet The story always ends 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 feelin's gone And we just can't get it back! La-dadada
Writer(s): Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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