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 Whirling silently in space Like 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-open dream Or 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 Whirling silently in space Like circles that you find In the windmills of your mind trombone solo trombone solo Kicks that jingle in your pocket Words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly Was it something that we said Lovers walk along a show And leave their footprints in the sand Is the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand 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 In the autumn of goodbyes For a moment you could not recall The color of his eyes Like a circle in a spiral Of a wheel within a wheel A never-ending or beginning Of an ever-spinning wheel As the images unwind Like circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Your mind Your mind