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Artist: Procol Harum
Track: A Whiter Shade of Pale

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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
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
Would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've 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

And so it was that later
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Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale
The first and most famous hit single of the early progressive rock group Procol Harum and found on the album with the same name. The song was written in 1967, before the Summer
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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 / As the
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Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Original Single Version)
(Brooker / Reid) / 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
Bonnie Tyler – A Whiter Shade of Pale
We skipped the light fandango / Turned cartwheels across the floor / I was feeling kind of seasick / The crowd called out for more / The room was humming harder / As the ceiling
Black Label Society – A Whiter Shade of Pale
We skipped the light fandango / And turned cartwheels across the floor / Yeah, I was feeling kind of seasick / But the crowd called out for more, yeah, oh yeah / And the room was
Willie Nelson – A Whiter Shade of Pale
All lyric annotations are at the page of the original Procol Harom’s version.
Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve – Whiter Shade of Pale
We skipped the light fandango / Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor / I was feeling kind of seasick / The crowd called out for more, mmm / The room was humming harder / And the
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[Intro] / (Whiter shade of pale) / (A whiter shade of pale) / [Verse] / We skipped the light fandango / And turned cartwheels 'cross the floor / Oh I was feeling kinda seasick
Engelbert Humperdinck (Ft. René Froger) – Whiter Shade of Pale
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
Rhye – A Whiter Shade of Pale
[Intro] / Oooh, oooh / [Verse 1] / We skipped the light fandango / Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor / I was feeling kinda seasick / But the crowd called out for more / The room
The Main Squeeze – A Whiter Shade of Pale
We skipped the light fandango / Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor / I was felling kind of seasick / The crowd called out for more / The room was humming harder / As the ceiling
Sarah Brightman – Whiter Shade of Pale
[Verse 1] / We skipped the light Fandango turned cartwheels cross the floor / I was feeling kind of seasick, but the crowd called out for more / The room was humming harder as the
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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
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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
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Procol Harum
Procol Harum was formed in England in 1967. Its core line-up on the most notable early years from 1967 until 1970 was frontman Gary Brooker on lead vocals and piano, B.J. Wilson
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Q:Who wrote “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum?
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum was written by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid & Matthew Fisher.
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