A Whiter Shade of Pale

Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher & Gary Brooker / Procol Harum: Procol Harum (1967)

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We skipped the light, fandango, And turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.
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I was feeling kind of seasick, And the crowd called out for more.
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The room was humming harder, As the ceiling flew away;
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When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray:
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And so it was that later As the miller told his tale,
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That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale.
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She said "There is no reason, And the truth is plain to see,"
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But I wandered through my playing cards, And would not let her be!
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One of sixteen vestal virgins, Who were leaving for the coast
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And although my eyes were o - pen They might just as well have been closed
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And so it was that later As the miller told his tale,
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That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale.
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And so it was...


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