Whiter Shade of Pale

We skipped the light fandango Turned some cartwheels across the floor I was feeling kind of seasick When the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder And the ceiling flew away When I called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was later When the miller told this 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" That I wandered through my playing cards And could not let her be, no One of 16 vestal virgins Who was leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might just as well have been closed And so it was later When the miller told this tale He said that her face at first just ghostly And then turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was later When the miller told this tale He said that her face at first just ghostly Then turned a whiter shade of pale Oh, just a whiter shade of pale Then turned a whiter shade of pale