Whiter Shade Of Pale Lyrics

                A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
				 (Procul Harum) 

                We skipped the light fandango
                And turned cartwheels cross the floor.
                I was feeling kind of seasick
                But the crowd called out for more.
                The room was humming harder
                And the ceiling flew away
                When we called out for another drink
                The waiter brought a tray
                And so it was that later
                As the miller told his tale
                That her face at first just ghostly
                Turned a whiter shade of pale.

                She said "There is no reason,
                And the truth is plain to see,"
                But I wandered through my playing cards
                And would not let her be
                One of sixteen vestal virgins
                Who were leaving for the coast
                And although my eyes were open
                They might just just have well been closed.
                And so it was that later
                As the miller told his tale
                That her face at first just ghostly
                Turned a whiter shade of pale.

[Additional lyrics sung in concert: ]
	
	She said she wanted shore leave
	Tho in truth we were at sea
	So I took her by a looking glass
	And forced her to agree
	Saying you must be the mermaid
	Who took Neptune for a ride
	Well she smiled at me so sadly
	That my anger straightway died
	And so it was, etc...