Geoffrey's Tale

 

The Knight who stated noble views

Had many victories to his name

Crusades of right and turning tides

With epic ethics took no blame

Among the browsing multitudes

Where hats and heads outside the fence

Scribbled out a poignant phrase or two

Which to some cannot make sense

In a crowded room of waiters

Plainly speaking with good cheer

A dancing deck of playing cards

Releasing trumps from too much beer

Trapped inside a ghostly maze

She walked a lost and lonely trail

Committing crimes of shamelessness

In whiter shades beyond the pale

And so it was in later stories told

Among the pilgrims who took turns

To speak of loss and noble cause

Of how the moonlight kissing burns

Procol Harum's 1967 strange lyrics plus Bach-style accompaniment has in 2009 achieved the most UK air plays for 75 years. The attentive listener will struggle to interpret the twist and turns found within. Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales may imply a connection and so say some 'The Titanic'. 

As the Miller's Tale is a comedic quite to the Knights Tale I thought I might play with the ideas around the two tales and of course and perhaps go beyond A Whiter Shade of Pale.