Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Neil Young
Canonical path: /neil-young/if-you-could-read-my-mind
Related lyric paths: 6
Video embedded: yes
Lyric guide
If You Could Read My Mind
Read If You Could Read My Mind lyrics by Neil Young on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
person
Curated by Ethan Walker
LyroVerse team
Reference snapshot
The page facts to cite before the commentary
Use this page for the lyric text, linked artist context, and any LyroVerse editor's note attached to the song. Listener comments remain user-generated and should not be treated as the primary source.
Lyrics
If You Could Read My Mind
The lyric stays readable and compact here; the note and related paths sit nearby so you do not lose the song while looking for context.
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 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 see.
If I could read your mind love,
What a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstore sells.
When you reach the part where the heartaches
Come the hero would be me.
Heroes often fail.
And you won't read that book again
Because the endings just to hard to take.
I 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 lets 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 feelings 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 about a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet the story always ends.
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
The feeling that you left.
I never thought I could feel this way
And I got to say that I just don't get it.
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelings gone
And I just can't get it back.
Quick answers
What this page can answer fast
Who performs "If You Could Read My Mind"?
Neil Young performs "If You Could Read My Mind", and this lyric page sits inside the Neil Young catalog on LyroVerse.
Are there related songs to explore after "If You Could Read My Mind"?
Yes. The related section below points to Journey Through The Past and My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by Neil Young?
Use the artist link near the top of the page or the related paths section below to keep moving through Neil Young's lyric pages.
Song Room
Open Song Room
Interpretations, questions, and corrections for this song
Interpretations, questions, memories, and correction notes live together here. The room stays noindex while the best insights are reviewed.
Listener comments
What people are saying
No listener comments on If You Could Read My Mind yet.
A strong comment here is specific: the phrase you keep hearing, the mood you come back for, or the reason this song stays in rotation.
Sign in to post the first listener note. Reporting stays open to everyone.