Relationships, communication, mental telepathy (NOT!).

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Many people think this is one of my best songs. I like it too. I've always heard it as a three-part harmony thing, and I'm working on that with Home Studio (now that I know how to 'punch in' to fix my vocal mistakes, the perfect Graham Nash top harmony is just days away). I'll upload
the harmony version as soon as I know it's right. This is a studio demo from 1980 with Rob Simbeck and myself on guitars. Alas, only a cassette has survived, so the audio is not the best.

I Can't Read Your Mind

If I'm wearing out my welcome
You can tell me so
No one ever guaranteed
That love will grow
If it's something that I'm doing
Maybe I can change
Or maybe something else
Will have to be arranged

CHORUS:
But if you tell me how you feel
We can try to deal with it together
Who know what we'll find?
But if you keep it all inside of you
How will I know what to do?
Baby, I can love you
But I can't read your mind

If we've both made every effort
And still something fades away
Maybe you should act like you've got
Nothing to say
Conversation so one-sided
Cannot be what's real
Still I can't deny the message
That your eyes reveal

CHORUS

You may think our story's over
Maybe that is true
Maybe we'll both set our sights
On something new
There are things that last forever
Sometimes love is one
But sometimes love can end
Before it's even begun

CHORUS

Words and Music by Bruce Irving © 1978