Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade Of Pale Nederlandse vertaling songtekst
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A Whiter Shade Of Pale
We sloegen de lichte prietpraat over En deden radslagen op de vloer Ik voelde me een beetje zeeziek Het publiek schreeuwde om meer De zaal gonsde harder Terwijl het plafond weg vloog Riepen we om nog een drankje De ober bracht een blad En dus was het later Toen de molenaar zijn verhaal vertelde Dat haar gezicht dat eerst een beetje spookachtig was Nog witter dan bleek werd Ze zei dat er geen reden is En dat de waarheid duidelijk te zien is Maar ik dwaalde door mijn speelkaarten En wilde het er niet bij laten Ik ben één van de zestien maagden Die op weg waren naar de kust Op hoewel mijn ogen open waren Hadden ze net zo goed gesloten kunnen zijn Nog witter dan bleek Werd witter dan bleek Witter dan bleek
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
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 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 ------ organ solo ------ 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.... (fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------ There is an unpublished second verse that they included in concerts: She said "I'm home on shore leave" Though in truth we were at sea So I took her by the looking glass And forced her to agree Saying, "You must be the mermaid Who took Neptune for a ride" But she smiled at me so sadly That my anger straight 'way died