Windmills of your mind - a song on contemplation
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For a gentle Summer song on reflection and contemplation, check out Windmills of your Mind, from the film The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968, together with the You Tube link for the music and excerpts of the film. Enjoy!
Windmills of your mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB76C3IQ0eQ&NR=1
Round, like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel.
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that’s turning
Running rings around the moon
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Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes on it’s face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
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Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of it’s 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
Someone tosses in a stream.
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Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes on it’s face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
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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 a shore,
And leave their footprints in the sand
Was the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand
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Pictures hanging in a hallway
And a fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong
When you knew that it was over
You were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the colour of her hair
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A circle in a spiral
A wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning reel
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As the images unwind
 Like the circle that you find
 In the windmills of your mind
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A shorter and equally great version as the gliding is super, check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGGTVft5Lk&feature=related
Have a great Summer!
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