Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheelNever ending or beginning on an ever spinning reelLike a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloonLike a carousel that's turning running rings around the moonLike a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its faceAnd the world is like an apple whirling silently in spaceLike the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind! Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its ownDown a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shoneLike a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dreamOr the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a streamLike a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its faceAnd the world is like an apple whirling silently in spaceLike the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind! Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your headWhen did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said?Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sandIs the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a songHalf remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?When you knew that it was over you were suddenly awareThat the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair!Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheelNever ending or beginning on an ever spinning reelAs the images unwind, like the circles that you find in The windmills of your mind! Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your headWhen did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said?Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sandIs the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a songHalf remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?When you knew that it was over in the autumn of good-byesFor a moment you could not recall the color of his eyes!Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheelNever ending or beginning on an ever spinning reelAs the images unwind, like the circles that you find in The windmills of your mind!
Lyrics by Henry Mancini
All His Children All My Loving All the Way Alone in Paris [Instrumental] As Time Goes By [From Casablanca] Baby Elephant Walk Baby Elephant Walk [From the Film Hatari!] Ben Blue Mantilla Cat and Mouse [Instrumental] Charade Charade, song (for the film Charade) Chararde, song Come to Me [Instrumental] Crazy World Darling Lili Darling Lili [From the Film Darling Lili] Days of Wine and Roses Days of Wine and Roses (for the film The Days of W... Dear Heart Dear Heart [From Dear Heart] Dear Heart, film score Dream a Little Dream of Me Dreamsville Ebb Tide Ebb Tide [Stereo] Elegant [#][Instrumental] Experiment in Terror Experiment In Terror (Twist) Experiment in Terror [From the Film Experiment in ... Gaily, Gaily [Instrumental] Golden Earrings Gonna Fly Now Greatest Gift [Instrumental] Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) Help Me Make It Through the Night High Time/The Second Time Around How High the Moon I Had the Craziest Dream Imagine [John Lennon] In the Arms of Love In the Arms of Love (Instrumental) In the Arms of Love (Vocal) In the Arms of Love [Vocal Version] It Had Better Be Tonight It Had Better Be Tonight [Instrumental] It Had Better Be Tonight [Vocal Version] Just You and Me Together Love [Instrumental] Laura Le Matelot Club [#][Instrumental] Long Ago (And Far Away) Long Ago (And Far Away) [From Cover Girl] Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (for the film) Lullaby of Birdland Mamma Material Girl [Madonna] Mona Lisa Mood Indigo Moon River Moonlight Serenade My Foolish Heart My One and Only Love Nothing to Lose Nothing to Lose [From the Film The Party] Nothing to Lose [Instrumental] O Sole Mio On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Our Waltz Peter Gunn Pink Panther Theme Sentimental Dream [Instrumental] Sing, Sing, Sing Smoke Rings Softly, as I Leave You Stairway to the Stars Stardust Taking a Chance on Love Tequila Tequila, for band Thanks for the Memory That Old Black Magic The Best Is Yet to Come The Big Lift [#][Instrumental] The Christmas Song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open ... The Days of Wine and Roses [From the Film Days of ... The Girl from Ipanema The Girl from Ipanema The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) The Greatest Gift [Instrumental] The Little Drummer Boy The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum), carol The Nothing to Lose (instrumental) [Instrumental] The Party (instrumental) [Instrumental] The Party [Instrumental] The Pink Panther Theme The Pink Panther Theme [From the Pink Panther] The Second Time Around The Shadow of Your Smile The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?) The Sound of Silence The Sweetheart Tree The Tango I Saved for You [Instrumental] The Way We Were The Way We Were [From The Way We Were] The Windmills of Your Mind Theme Theme Themes Those Were the Days Tomorrow is My Friend [Instrumental] Two for the Road Two for the Road [From the Film Two for the Road] Two for the Road [Instrumental] Until You Love Me [Alternate Take][*][Instrumental... Until You Love Me [Instrumental] When You Wish Upon a Star When You Wish Upon a Star [From Pinocchio] Whistling Away the Dark Windmills of Your Mind Windmills of Your Mind (from the film The Thomas C... You and Me [Instrumental] You Stepped Out of a Dream