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 around my feet You know that ghost is me And I won't ever 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, but heroes often fail 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 straight Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene, 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 about 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 feeling's gone, and we just can't get it back Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na