Winter Shade of Pale

Winter Shade of Pale - Dennis Brown

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 hummin' 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

You said there is no reason

The truth is plain to see

As I wander through my playing cards

I could not let her be

One of sixteen vestal virgins

Who were leavin' for the coast

And although my eyes were open

They might just as well have 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

All right

Always

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