We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels cross the floor I was feeling kind of seasick 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 his tray
And so it was a day later As the miller told his tale That her face at first so ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said there is no reason And the truth is plain to see I wandered through my playing cards I wouldn't have let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And oh, though my eyes were wide open They might as well have been closed
And so it was the day later As the miller told his tale That her face at first so ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale Turned a whiter shade of pale Turned a whiter Turned a whiter Turned a whiter shade of pale