Holy Trinity High School Class of `73

1969-1973

"Song of the Day"

July 6, 2025

"Windmills of Your Mind" is a song with music by French composer
Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by American lyricists Alan
and Marilyn Bergman. It was originally recorded by the English actor
Noel Harrison in 1968 after Andy Williams passed on it. The song was
was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and
won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Jerry Wexler, president of Atlantic Records, heard "The Windmills of Your
Mind" on the soundtrack of The Thomas Crown Affair and championed
having Dusty Springfield record the song for her debut Atlantic album
Dusty in Memphis. On June 8th 1969, "The Windmills of Your Mind"
by Dusty Springfield peaked at #31 (for 1 week) and spent 8 weeks
on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 Singles Chart.

Dusty in Memphis is the fifth studio album by English singer Dusty
Springfield. Initial sessions were recorded at American Sound Studio in
Memphis, while Springfield's final vocals and the album's orchestral
parts were recorded at Atlantic Records' New York City studios. The
album was released in March 1969 in the United States by Atlantic
Records. The LP peaked at #99 on the US Billboard 200 Albums chart.

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The Windmills of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield (1969)

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
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Rolling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

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
All the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream

Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Rolling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

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
Just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the 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 his hair?

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind


Songwriters: Music by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman

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