Composers: Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher
Recorded Live at Metropol, Berlin, Germany 31 October 1980
The Band :
Lead Guitar - Cliff Goodwin
Bass - Howard Hersh
Keyboards - Larry Marshall
Piano, Arranger - Mitch Chakour
Drums - B.J. Wilson
Vocals - Maxine Greene
Vocals - Ann Lang
Vocals - D.E. Washburne
Lyrics
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But crowd called out for more
The room was humming 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
She said:"There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see."
As I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
Her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
Guitar Solo
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first was ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale