If you could read my mind (midi)

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1. If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell,

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just like an old-time movie about 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, 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't see.

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2. 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 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, the hero often fails.

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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.

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I'll walk away like a movie star,

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who gets burned in a three-way script, enter number two.

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A movie queen, a play, the scene

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are 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, 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 and I just can't get it back.

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4. If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell,

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just like an old-time movie about 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, the story always ends.

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If you could read between the lines,

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you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand,

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the feeling that you lost.

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I never thought I could feel this way,

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and I've got to say, 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 and I just can't get it back.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Olivia Newton-John)