Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
[Verse 1]
We skipped the light Fandango
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
[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the Miller told his tale
That a face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
And so it was later
As the Miller told his tale
That a face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Chorus]
And so it was later
As the Miller told his tale
That a face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
A whiter shade of pale
Turned a whiter shade of pale
A whiter shade of pale
A Whiter Shade of Pale was written by Keith Reid & Matthew Fisher & Gary Brooker.
A Whiter Shade of Pale was produced by Stephen Lipson.
Annie Lennox released A Whiter Shade of Pale on Mon Mar 06 1995.
In a 1995 preview of Medusa with The Independent, Annie Lennox explained why she covered “A Whiter Shade of Pale”:
There’s a quaint story attached to this. I went to an all-girls school, and boys were a completely baffling area. By the age of 14 they had become a more consolidated interest. A party...