REQ: Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics
JJ
I'm looking for the lyrics of a song by gordon lightfoot that goes
"something" like this...i'm not sure of the title...
i never thought it would end this way
and i've got to say that i just don't get it
i dont' know where we went wrong
but i've got to say that we just can't get it back
...or something like that
Thanks!!
-JJ
Liz Stewart
JJ <jhin...@hartford.edu> wrote:
> i never thought it would end this way
> and i've got to say that i just don't get it
> i dont' know where we went wrong
> but i've got to say that we just can't get it back
This would be "If You Could Read My Mind" by Gordon Lightfoot.
It doesn't seem to be on the archive.uwp.edu lyrics server,
so I'll try this from memory (so cut me some slack, eh? *grin*):
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 you can't see
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drug stores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
And heros often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
[not real sure on the first few lines of this verse...]
I walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Into number 2
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 though 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
There's more, but i'm forgetting a lot at this point.
--liz
Jay Shapiro
>Hi!!
>
>I'm looking for the lyrics of a song by gordon lightfoot that goes
>"something" like this...i'm not sure of the title...
>
> and i've got to say that i just don't get it
> i dont' know where we went wrong
> but i've got to say that we just can't get it back
>
>
>
>
>Thanks!!
>-JJ
I'll try...
If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts would tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress storng
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 you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts would tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drug stores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches start
The hero would be me
But heros often fail
And 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 script
Enter number two
A movie queen who plays the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love lets get real
I never thought I would act this way
But I've got to say
That I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the felling'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
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The story always ends
I never though I would 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.
*****************************
Jay Shapiro
jsh...@borg.com
Songs-R-Us
K Ford
: Hi!!
: I'm looking for the lyrics of a song by gordon lightfoot that goes
: "something" like this...i'm not sure of the title...
: i never thought it would end this way
Hi - this song is If You Could Read My Mind, and it IS by Gordon
Lightfoot. It is from his album Sit Down, Young Stranger, from around
1969 or so.
Here are the lyrics:
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - G. 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 would 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
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
While 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
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 trying 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
Regards
Kathy
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the final verse:
...
The story always ends
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...
etc.
Just to avoid protests from this brilliant songwriter once he
hears you sing it...
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Crystal Wood
says...
>
>Hi!!
>
>I'm looking for the lyrics of a song by gordon lightfoot that goes
>"something" like this...i'm not sure of the title...
>
> i never thought it would end this way
> i dont' know where we went wrong
> but i've got to say that we just can't get it back
>
>
>...or something like that
>
>
>Thanks!!
>-JJ
"If You Could Read My Mind" is the name of the song; here are
the words I can remember (not necessarily in order):
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 was me.
If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my 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.
(something, something)
(There is more, but it escapes me. Hope this helps.)
Crystal
cw...@computek.net
Kathryn Ford
: In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960125231157.13834A-100000@morpheus>, jhin...@hartford.edu
: >
: >Hi!!
: >
: >I'm looking for the lyrics of a song by gordon lightfoot that goes
: >"something" like this...i'm not sure of the title...
: >
: > i never thought it would end this way
: > and i've got to say that i just don't get it
I posted this in the last week - you could maybe look around for them.
If they aren't here, email me at the address below and I will upload them
and either mail you or repost.
Kathy
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