Loudon Wainwright III
Mind Read (It Belonged to You)
I knew I forgot something - I guess I always do
I'm so absent minded when it comes to you
I forgot I promised to fulfill your need
Thank you for reminding me, your mind is hard to read

Oh, but it was what attracted me to you, don't you forget
I knew you had a problem the moment that we met
Thought that I could solve it, I doubted that was true
That thing was bigger than us both and it belong to you

Yeah, it belonged to you
Yeah, it belonged to you

Oh, but I'm at your disposal, that's part of our deal
I'll try not to despise you - I know what it feels like
And if you have a breakdown, I can make it well
If you got an ugly secret, well then I'm the one to tell

Oh, and it's politics involved in this and economics too
Theatrics and aerobic exercises to go to
It's like climbing mountains and falling out of trees
It can take breath away, but it can scab your knees
Scab your knees
Scab your knees

They used to say that God is Love and probably they still do
But if you ask me love is when I get along with you
And that is never easy, sometimes it's a chore
'Cause after everybody's had enough you want some more
I knew I forgot something - I guess I always do
I'm so absent minded when it comes to you
I forgot I promised to fulfill your need
Thank you for reminding me, your mind...
Yeah, your mind...
Oh, your mind...
Is hard to read
That's hard to read
So hard to read