If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

If you could read my mind love
如果你能够读懂我心 亲爱的
What a tale my thoughts could tell
那该是多么美好的一个故事
Just like an old time movie
就像一部老电影一样
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
讲述希望之井中的幽灵
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
在黑暗的城堡中或在坚固的堡垒里
With chains upon my feet
我脚上还戴着镣铐
You know that ghost is me
你知道 那个幽灵就是我
And I will never be set free
我永远无法获得自由
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
只要我是一个幽灵 你就无法看见
If I could read your mind love
如果你能够读懂我心 亲爱的
What a tale your thoughts could tell
那该是多么美好的一个故事
Just like a paperback novel
就像一本平装小说
The kind that drugstores sell
杂货店里出售的那种
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
当你读到那部分时会触碰到你的心痛之处
The hero would be me
英雄将会是我
But heroes often fail
英雄常常失败
And you won't read that book again
你不会再需要那本书
Because the ending's just too hard to take
因为结局让你难以接受
I'd walk away like a movie star
我会像一个电影明星一样离开
Who gets burned in a three way script
在脚本里留下深深的印迹
Enter number two
进入第二部分
A movie queen to play the scene
一个影后在出演这一幕
Of bringing all the good things out in me
为我带来所有美好事物
But for now love let's be real
但是现在 爱已成真
* I never thought I could ACT this way *
我从未想过我会如此
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
我不得不说 我也弄不明白
I don't know where we went wrong
我不知道我们错在哪里
But the feelin's gone
但是那感觉已不在
And I just can't get it back
我无法挽回
If you could read my mind love
如果你能够读懂我心 亲爱的
What a tale my thoughts could tell
那该是多么美好的一个故事
Just like an old time movie
就像一部老电影一样
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
讲述希望之井中的幽灵
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
在黑暗的城堡中或在坚固的堡垒里
With chains upon my feet
我脚上还戴着镣铐
But stories always end
故事总会终结
And if you read between the lines
如果你读懂了字里行间的含义
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
你会知道 我在努力弄明白
The feelin's that you lack
你缺失的那种感觉
I never thought I could feel this way
我从未想过我会有这样的感受
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
我不得不说 我也弄不明白
I don't know where we went wrong
我不知道我们错在哪里
But the feelin's gone
但是那感觉已不在
And I just can't get it back
我无法挽回