If You Could Read My Mind by viking cowboy

One of Lightfoot s most personal songs, If You Could Read My Mind was written about his deteriorating marriage to first wife Brita Ingegerd Olausson from Sweden. The couple were married in 1963 and had two children together, Ingrid and Fred, before their divorce in 1973, , Gordon Lightfoot cover Gordon Lightfoot R. I. P Born November 17, 1938 Orillia, Ontario, Canada Died May 1, 2023 (aged 84) LYRICS If You Could Read My Mind If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an oldtime 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