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Barbara Lewis - The Windmills of your Mind
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Barbara Lewis
Barbara Lewis
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Composer
Alan Bergman
Alan Bergman
Lyrics
Marilyn Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ollie McLaughlin
Ollie McLaughlin
Producer
Stuart P. Walder
Stuart P. Walder
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Round like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel
Like snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon
[Verse 2]
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
[Verse 3]
Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half-forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble
Somebody threw in a stream
[Verse 4]
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles you sometimes find
In the windmills of your mind
[Verse 5]
Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly?
Was it something that you said?
Lovers walk along the shore
Leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Thumpin' on the fingers on your hand?
[Verse 6]
Pictures hangin' in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half remembered names, of faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew it was over
You were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the color of his hair
[Verse 7]
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your ever-lovin'
In the windmills of your mind
[Verse 8]
Windmills of your mind
Windmills of your mind
Windmills of your mind
In the windmills of your mind
In the windmills of your mind
Written by: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand

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