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The Lyrics

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

(K.Reid / G.Booker)

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 ohah
And although my eyes were opened
They might just as well be 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 - ahah ahah

Ohoh 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

Ohoh 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

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Last updated: 15 February 1999