If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot

If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot * Track #8 On Sit Down Young Stranger

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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot

Performed by
Gordon Lightfoot
Produced by
Lenny Waronker & Joe Wissert
About

“If You Could Read My Mind” was released by Gordon Lightfoot on his 1970 album, “Sit Down Young Stranger.”

“If You could Read My Mind” hit #1 on the Canadian Singles Chart in 1970. In 1971, the song also reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

If You Could Read My Mind Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 wishin' 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 you can't see

[Verse 2]
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 reach 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

[Verse 3]
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 I just can't get it back

[Verse 4]
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 wishin' 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'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelings 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

If You Could Read My Mind Q&A

Who wrote If You Could Read My Mind's ?

If You Could Read My Mind was written by Gordon Lightfoot.

Who produced If You Could Read My Mind's ?

If You Could Read My Mind was produced by Lenny Waronker & Joe Wissert.

What did Gordon Lightfoot say about "If You Could Read My Mind"?

This song was written in the midst of a divorce, where Gordon Lightfoot was trying to express how it felt at the time.

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