Spotify and others → br Lyrics:br We skipped the light fandangobr Turned cartwheels 'cross the floorbr I was feeling kinda seasickbr But the crowd called out for morebr The room was humming harderbr As the ceiling flew awaybr When we called out for another drinkbr And the waiter brought a traybr br And so it was that laterbr As the miller told his talebr That her face, at first just ghostly,br Turned a whiter shade of palebr br She said, "There is no reasonbr And the truth is plain to see. "br But I wandered through my playing cardsbr And they would not let her bebr One of sixteen vestal virginsbr Who were leaving for the coastbr And although my eyes were open widebr They might have just as well been closedbr br And so it was that laterbr As the miller told his talebr That her face, at first just ghostly,br Turned a whiter shade of palebr br She said, "I'm here on a shore leave,"br Though we were miles at sea.br I pointed out this detailbr And forced her to agree,br Saying, "You must be the mermaidbr Who took King Neptune for a ride. "br And she smiled at me so sweetlybr That my anger straightway died.