A Whiter Shade Of Pale Lyrics - Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

We skipped the light fandango 

And turned cartwheels cross the floor. 

I was feeling kind of seasick 

But the crowd called out for more. 

The room was humming harder 

And 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. 

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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 just have 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. 

(Additional lyrics sung in concert) 

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She said she wanted shore leave 

Tho in truth we were at sea 

So I took her by a looking glass 

And forced her to agree 

Saying you must be the mermaid 

Who took Neptune for a ride 

Well she smiled at me so sadly 

That my anger straightway died 

And so it was, etc'