“IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND” Instrumental GORDON LIGHTFOOT by scott wigley
Another classic song from the “Magic Years” this is GORDON LIGHTFOOT’s “If You Could Read My Mind” played as an instrumental by Scott Wigley from Foley, Alabama. The soundtrack is set to images from Scott’s music room, also time spent down by the seaside. IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND LOVE WHAT A TALE MY THOUGHTS COULD TELL JUST LIKE AN OLD TIME MOVIE ABOUT 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 THAT DRUGSTORES SELL WHEN YOU REACH THE PART WHERE THE HEARTACHES COME THE HERO WOULD BE ME, HERO’S OFTEN FAIL YOU WON’T READ THAT BOOK AGAIN BECAUSE THE ENDINGS JUST TOO HARD TO TAKE I’D WALK AWAY, LIKE A MOVIE STAR THAT GET’S 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 WOULD TELL JUST LIKE AN OLD TIME MOVIE ABOUT A GHOST FROM A WISHING WELL IN A CASTLE DARK, OR A FORTRESS STRONG WITH CHAINS UPON MY FEET THE STORIES, ALWAYS END IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES YOU’LL KNOW THAT I’M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE …
Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind – 1970 If You Could Read My Mind, by Gordon Lightfoot 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, 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; 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. 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. But stories always end, And if you read between the lines, You’d know that I’m just tryin’ to understand The feelin’s that you lack. I never thought I could feel this way And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it. I don’t …
