ACADEMY AWARD WINNER From the United Artists Motion Pictare "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR

THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND (THEME FROM "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR)

Lyric by MARILYN and ALAN BERGMAN

Music by MICHEL LEGRAND

Round l ike a c i r - cle in a sp i - r a l , l ike - a wheel with - in a Mind! Like a tun - nel that you fol - low to a tun - nel of i t s

I wheel, Nev- e r end-ing o r be - gin-ning on an ev - e r spin-ning ree l , Like a snow- ball down a own, Down a hol- low to a cav- e rn where the sun has nev - er shone, Like a door that keeps re-

I moun-tain, o r a c a r - ni -val bal - loon, Like a c a r - ou - sel that 's turn- ing run-ning r ings a-round the volv - ing in a half fo r - got-ten dream, Or the r i p - ples f rom a peb- ble some-one toss-es in a

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} Like a clock whose hands are sweep-ing past the mb-utes of its face. And the world is like an I I stream.

I I ap -ple whirl- ing s i - lent - ly in space, Like the cir - cles that you find in The Wind-mills Of Your

1. I Mind! Keys that jin-gle in your pock-et, words that jan-gle in your head, Why did sum-mer go so

I - I sand. h the sound of dis-tant drum-miog just the fin-gers of your hand? P ie tu re s hang-ing in a

I hall -way and the frag-ment of a song. Half re -mem-bered names and fac - e s , but to whom do they be-

I long? When you knew that i t was o - v e r you were sud-den - ly a - ware That the au - tumn leaves were (Girl) When you knew that i t was o - ver in the au-tumn of good - bves. For a mo - ment vou could

I poco a poco ritajd. I

I turn- ing to the col - o r of her hair! not r e - call the col - o r of his eves! Like a c i r - cle in a spi - ra l , like a wheel with- in a

1 wheel, Nev - e r end - ing o r be - gin - ning on an ev - er spin-ning reel, 'AS the im- a - ges un-

I wind, Like the c i r - cles that you find in The Wind-mills Of Your Mind! 1