30.- A WHITER SHADE OF PALE. Procol Harum. 1967

                                   30.-A WHITER SHADE OF PALE.  Procol Harum. 1967

1

We skipped the light fandango

and turned cartwheels across the floor

I was feeling kind of 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

1.1.-We skipped the light fandango
1.2.-and turned cartwheels across the floor
1.3.-I was feeling kind of seasick
1.4.-but the crowd called out for more
1.5.-the room was humming harder
1.6.-as the ceiling flew away
1.7.-when we called out for another drink
1.8.-the waiter brought a tray
1.9.-and so it was that later as the miller told his tale
1.0.-that her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale 

2

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 as well have been closed

2.1.-She said "There is no reason, and the truth is plain to see"
2.2.-but I wandered through my playing cards
2.3.-and would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins
2.4.-who were leaving for the coast
2.5.-And although my eyes were open they might just as well have been closed