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LJ asked in Entertainment & MusicMusic · 1 decade ago

Anyone know the name of the song with "turned a paler shade of grey" in the lyrics?

It is a song from the 70's -and not the one by Jewel.

Update:

YOU GUYS ROCK!!! THAT'S THE ONE. THANKS!

Update 2:

Yikes and I got lyrics too. Thanks! I am going to Itunes to buy it now.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I think you mean this.

    Procol Harum

    Whiter Shade of Pale

    We skipped the light fandango

    turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

    I was feeling kinda seasick

    but 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

    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

    and although my eyes were open

    they might have just as well've been closed

    She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'

    though in truth we were at sea

    so I took her by the looking glass

    and forced her to agree

    saying, 'You must be the mermaid

    who took Neptune for a ride.'

    But she smiled at me so sadly

    that my anger straightway died

    If music be the food of love

    then laughter is its queen

    and likewise if behind is in front

    then dirt in truth is clean

    My mouth by then like cardboard

    seemed to slip straight through my head

    So we crash-dived straightway quickly

    and attacked the ocean bed

    Source(s): procolharum.com
  • 1 decade ago

    Procol Harum

    Whiter Shade of Pale

  • 1 decade ago

    The Pink Floyd Fandom?

  • 1 decade ago

    I think the song you're thinking of is "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.

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  • 1 decade ago

    do you maybe mean "whiter shade of pale" from Procol Harum?

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