Procol Harum(프로콜 하룸) - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (가사)

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 flew away 

When we called out for another drink 

And 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 

And they would not let her be 

One of sixteen vestal virgins 

Who were leaving for the coast 

And although my eyes were open wide

They might have just as 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

She said, "I'm here on a shore leave,"

Though we were miles at sea.

I pointed out this detail

And forced her to agree, 

Saying, "You must be the mermaid

Who took King Neptune for a ride."

And she smiled at me so sweetly

That my anger straightway died.

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

If music be the food of love

Then laughter is it's queen

And likewise if behind is in front

Then dirt in truth is clean

My mouth by then like cardboard

Seemed to slip straight through my head

So we crash-dived straightway quickly

And attacked the ocean bed 

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