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"A Salty Dog"
How many moons and many Junes
Have passed since we made love?
How many moons and many Junes
Have passed since we made land?
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Anchovy eye that later
And so it was that later.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
And although my eyes would go blind.
And although my eyes were open.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
And so it was a maiden
As the many stories tell
That her face had burst, just go see
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
And so it was that later
As the miller told its tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
As the mellow told is tell
As the miller told his tale
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
As the mirror told its tale.
As the miller told his tale.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
As the villain told his tale.
As the miller told his tale.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
As we crawled under a night train
As we called out for another drink
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Once the sick teens left all virgins.
One of sixteen vestal virgins
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Skip a line bang-bango.
We skipped the light Fandango.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Son of Sistene postal urchins
One of sixteen vestal virgins
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turn to Wyatt Earp's shaver pail.
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turn to Wyatt Earp, shade our fate.
Turned a whiter shade of pale
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turn to Wyatt Earp. Shake a pail.
Turned a whiter shade of pale
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
We skip the life and dangle.
We skipped the light fandango.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
We skip the life and dangle.
We skipped the light fandango.
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
We skip the life and then go.
We skipped a light Fandango.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
And although my eyes were open
We might just as well been toast.
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well been closed.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well been whores.
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well been closed.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
And so it was a maid, yeah
As the mirror told his tale
That our faces burst, just go see
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
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.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
And so it was the waiter
As the mirror told its tale
Let her faces burst, just go see
Turn a whiter shade of pale.
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.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Then the face of Alice Ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
[Ed.'s note: Alice Ghostly played "Aunt Esmerelda" on the TV Show "Bewitched".]
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Then the face of Justice Goldstein
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
"Barnyard Stories"
Once I stood upon a lamp post.
Once I stood upon Olympus.
"Conquistador"
And in your litmus face
And in your death-mask face
"Conquistador"
Conquistador -- a fortune sits upon your silver sheen
And in your rusty scabbard now, the Santas take the heat
And though your jewel-encrusted plate
Has not been plundered still
The scene has washed across all the place
And taken all that's fair.
Conquistador -- a vulture sits upon your silver sheath
And in your rusty scabbard now, the sand has taken seed
And though your jewel-encrusted blade
Has not been plundered still
The sea has washed across your face
And taken of its fill.
"Conquistador"
Conquistador -- a fortune sits upon your silver sheen
And in your rusty scabbard now, the Santas take the heat
And though your jewel-encrusted plate
Has not been plundered still
The scene has washed across all the place
And taken all that's fair.
Conquistador -- a vulture sits upon your silver sheath
And in your rusty scabbard now, the sand has taken seed
And though your jewel-encrusted blade
Has not been plundered still
The sea has washed across your face
And taken of its fill.
"Conquistador"
I kissed your door
Conquistador
"Conquistador"
She has washed her bras and face, and taken off her skin.
The sea has washed across your face and taken of its fill.
"Fresh Fruit"
Rover wags his tail with glee
Yeah, whenever he gets to spit the seeds.
Rover wags his tail with glee
Yeah, whenever he gets his Vitamin C.
What threw me off here is the fact that the British do not pronounce the word 'vitamin' the same way as Americans do. (British: vih-tah-min. American: vi-tah-min.)
"Look To Your Soul"
It doesn't matter either way
I'll be a wiseman soon.
It doesn't matter either way
I'll be a wiseman's fool.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
And her face at first just goats meat turned a whiter shade of pale
And her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
And her face was burstion scosely
Turned the whiter shade of pale.
And her face at first was ghostly
Turned the whiter shade of pale.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
And so in lo-o-ove
And so it was
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
And so it was the waiter.
And so it was that later.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
As I wondered who was playing cards
And mindin' her bees.
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Let her faces burst, just go see
Turn the whiter shape of pale.
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
That her face will burst your skull, Steve.
That her face, at first just ghostly.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
The groon was tubbing harder.
The room was humming harder.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Trip the line fandango.
We skipped the light fandango.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turn a lighter shade of pale.
Turn a whiter shade of pale.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turn the wide Earth, shade of pale
or
Turn the white Earth, shade of pale
Turn a whiter shade of pale
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turned a wider shade of pale.
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Turned the wire, shade of pale.
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
We skip a life and dangle.
We skipped a light fandango.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
We skip trough life, and then go.
We skipped the light fandango.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
We skipped the last fandango
or
We skipped the line for dagos
or
We skipped the line for dagos
We skipped the light fandango.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
When we called out for a drink
The waiter brought a tray.
When we called out for a latrine
The waiter brought a tray.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
When we called out for a latrine
The waiter brought a tray.
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought the tray.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
When we called out for an entree the waiter brought a tray
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray.
"Whiter Shade Of Pale"
When we called out for another drink
The waiter dropped his tray.
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought the tray.
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
Anchovy, why slader?
And so it was later.
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
And the Minotaur has failed.
As the miller told his tale.
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
As the mental told his tale
As the miller told his tale
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
As the mirror told it's tale
As the miller told his tale
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
The way to board a train.
The waiter brought a tray.
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
When at 16, they're still virgins
One of 16 vestal virgins
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