Any ideas on what these lyrics mean? 


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


The song was on the pop charts at the same moment Sgt. Pepper's was burning up the airwaves and this song was the number one single. I've always thought that the lyrics were great poetry, even way back when I first heard this song and really before I knew what poetry was! And as a musician I thought it one of those rare songs where the music and lyrics were merged into one entity.

that her face at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

Those are incredible lines. 



James