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...............................................
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 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.............................................................................