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 flew away yeah
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
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast ohah
And although my eyes were opened
They might just as well be 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 - ahah ahah

Ohoh 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

Ohoh 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


Sung by Procol Harum and later Annie Lennox

I love that song

Me, too.

what the hell is the tale the miller is telling! they forgot to put it in!

I told ya, they're singing about me!

her face turned a whiter shade of pale because of the millers tale, so whatever he was telling in his tale,turned her face a whiter shade of pale! wow, i stand corrected i have no idea what the song means!

maybe it was a ghost story

There are many different theories about the meaning of the song. Some even suggest there are some insinuations about Kennedy in it. I googled up the lyrics and there are sites that discuss the meanings.