A WHITER SHADE OF PALE (Johnny Rivers)

     We skipped the light fandango
     Turner cartwheels cross the floor
     I was feeling kind of sea sick
     The crowd called out for more
     The room was humming harder
     As the ceiling flew away
     So we called out for another drink
     The waiter brought a tray

     (Chorus)
     And so it was, baby
     As the miller told his tale
     That her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale

     He said: "There’s no reason; and the truth is plain to see"
     And I wandered through my playing cards
     Would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins
     Who were leaving for the coast
     And all though my eyes were wide opened
     They just might as well been closed

     (Repeat Chorus 2X)


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