Harum Procol A Whiter Shade Of Pale Lyrics

A Whiter Shade Of Pale Lyrics

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was
feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was
humming harder
as 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 have just as well've been
closed

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
though in truth we were
at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to
agree
saying, 'You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a
ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway
died

If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and
likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by
then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we
crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed