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A Whiter Shade of Pale (50th Anniversary Stereo Mix)

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A Whiter Shade of Pale (50th Anniversary Stereo Mix)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Procol Harum

Performer

Gary Brooker

Piano

Matthew Fisher

Organ

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Gary Brooker

Songwriter

Keith Reid

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Denny Cordell

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We skipped the light fandango

Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

I was feeling kinda seasick

The crowd called out for more

The room was humming harder

As the ceiling flew away

[Verse 2]

When we called out for another drink

The waiter brought a tray

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 3]

She said there is no reason

And the truth is plain to see

But I wandered through my playing cards

Would not let her be

One of sixteen vessel virgins

Who were leaving for the coast

[Verse 4]

And although my eyes were open

They might just as well have been closed

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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

Written by: Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher

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