I have a special friend that really likes Gordon Lightfoot and I learned this song for her. Its always been a favorite of mine too. The little guitar harmony in the middle was fun to do.
I was trying something a little different with my vocal mixing on this one, let me know how ya'll like it. 


Lyrics:

"If You Could Read My Mind"


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 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 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 
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 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

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If You Could Read My mInd

Cover of Against Pollution, by the Mountain Goats, from the album We Shall All Be Healed.

Against Pollution (the Mountain Goats)

I am a multi instrumentalist and vocalist living in the Seattle area. I spend my days fixing and restoring stringed instruments and my nights playing them and writing. It's a good life. 

If You Could Read My mInd

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