IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Johnny Cash
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
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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 there's a ghost 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
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Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
And heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Be- cause the ending's just too hard to take
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I'd walk a- way like a movie star -
Who gets burned in a three way script
And 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
A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The story always ends
And if you read be- tween the lines
You'll know that I'm just trying to under- stand
The feeling 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 know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone - And I just can't get it back
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