A WHITER SHADE OF PALE (PROCUL HARUM)

Story Behind The Song

COVER OF "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE"...

Song Description

COVER OF "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE"...

Song Length 4:28 Genre Pop - Rock, Pop - Easy Listening
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Cool, Composed Subject Existence, Change
Similar Artists Phil Collins, Matchbox Twenty Language English
Era 2000 and later

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 they would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open wide
They might have just as 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

Lyrics REID/BROOKER Music REID/BROOKER
Producer GEORGE SLADEK Publisher REID/BROOKER
Performance GEORGE SLADEK Label ARCH CITY
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