Lost Lyrics: A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Lost Lyrics is about adding verses to existing works from various musical artists. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was the debut record of Procol Harum in 1967. With lyrics by Keith Reid, the song was composed by Gary Booker and Matthew Fisher. Here is my added verse:

For a while all seemed joyful
Minds entwined together
Doing all we could to make
The night go on forever
But soon the dawn arrived
And our memories did fade
Wondered was it ever real
I never should have stayed

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A Whiter Shade Of Pale with Lost Lyrics

Original lyrics by Keith Reid in green, and my lost lyrics in black.

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
The 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

For a while all seemed joyful
Minds entwined together
Doing all we could to make
The night go on forever
But soon the dawn arrived
And our memories did fade
Wondered was it ever real
I never should have stayed

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
Would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well’ve 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

And so it was that later

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Listen to the song…

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Linked dVerse ~ Poets Pub, Poetics: Naming the Rose where Merril is hosting and asked to pen a poem using one of the following English Country Garden Rose names: Absent Friends, Absolutely Fabulous, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Bobby Dazzler, Boule de Neige, Julia’s Kiss, Leaping Salmon, Pretty Jessica, Purple Tiger, Sylvia, Twice in a Blue Moon.

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