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A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum

We (1)______________ a (2)__________ fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kind of seasick
(But the) crowd (3)____________ out for more
The room was (4)______________ harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The (5)____________ brought a tray
And so it was (6)________ later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at (7)__________ (8)________ ghostly
Turned a (9)____________ (10)__________ of pale

She said, I'm home on shore leave
Though in (11)__________ we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And would not let her be
Saying, you (12)________ be the mermaid
Who took neptune for a ride
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my (13)__________ straightway died
And so it was that later
As the miller (14)________ his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said there is no reason
And the (15)__________ is (16)__________ to see
But I (17)________________ (18)______________ my playing cards
Would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who (19)________ leaving for the coast
At the moment my eyes were open
They might just as well (20)________ (21)________ closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her (22)________ at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her (23)________ at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

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