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 I would not let her be One of the sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the Miller told his tale Music composed in 1967 by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher member of the British band Procol Harum. The lyrics speak of seduction and sex in a sub Turned A Whiter Shade Of Pale She said,"There 's 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 as well been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale The long and protracted tale behind UK prog legends Procol Harum's 1967 number one smash hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale. It’s a single with almost incomprehensible lyrics, has been the subject of drawn-out legal proceedings, and is the most played record by British broadcasting over the past 70 years or so. The single is A Whiter Shade Of Pale "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was the debut single by the British rock band Procol Harum. With its Bach-derived instrumental melody, soulful vocals, and unusual lyrics – by the song's co-authors Gary Brooker, Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher – "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached No. 1 in several countries when released in 1967. Song: "A Whiter Shade of Pale," by Procol Harum Keith Reid, who wrote the lyrics for "A Whiter Shade of Pale," claims he did not have "The Miller's Tale" in mind when he wrote the words to the song. Still, there are those out there (Wikipedia included, though they still have the infamous "citation needed" caveat after their claim) who do not .

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