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A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum

We (1)______________ a light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling (2)________ of seasick
(But the) (3)__________ (4)____________ out for more
The (5)________ was (6)______________ harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we (7)____________ out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the (8)____________ told his tale
That her face at first just 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 (12)______________ glass
And (13)__________ not let her be
Saying, you must be the mermaid
Who (14)________ neptune for a ride
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my (15)__________ (16)______________________ died
And so it was that later
As the (17)____________ told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter (18)__________ of pale

She said there is no reason
And the truth is (19)__________ to see
But I wandered through my (20)______________ cards
Would not let her be
One of sixteen (21)____________ virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
At the moment my (22)________ were open
They might just as well (23)________ been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at (24)__________ just ghostly
Turned a (25)____________ shade of pale

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

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