ORIGINAL Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale / Widescreen / LyRiCs (english/deutsch) video free download

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well. It is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" #57 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Lyrics:

We skipped the light fandango

And turned cartwheels cross the floor.

I was feeling kind of seasick

But the crowd called out for more.

The room was humming harder

And 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 just just have well 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.

She said she wanted shore leave

Tho in truth we were at sea

So I took her by a looking glass

And forced her to agree,

Saying you must be the mermaid

Who took Neptune for a ride

Well she smiled at me so sadly

That my anger straightway died

And so it was, etc...

Songtext:

Wir tanzten den leichten Fandanga

schlugen Räder kreuz und quer

Ich fühlte mich irgendwie seekrank

jedoch die Menge schrie nach mehr

Der Saal begann zu kochen

während die Decke davon fegte

Als wir den nächsten Drink bestellten

brachte der Ober ein Tablett.

Und so kam es dann,

als der Müller seine Anekdoten zum Besten gab,

dass ihr Gesicht zu erst eher spukhaft

um eine Spur erbleichte.

Sie sagte, "Es gibt keinen Grund

und die Wahrheit ist offensichtlich."

Aber ich musterte mein Blatt

und wollte sie nicht als eine der 16 vestalischen Jungfrauen erscheinen lassen,

die zu neuen Ufern aufbrachen

Und es spielte keine Rolle, ob meine Augen

offen oder geschlossen waren.

Und so kam es dann,

als der Müller seine Anekdoten zum Besten gab,

dass ihr Gesicht zu erst eher spukhaft

um eine Spur erbleichte.