[ with Waylon Jennings ] We skipped the light fandango and 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 brough 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 [ guitar ] She said there is no reason for the truth is plain to see But I wondered why my playing cards just would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins were leaving for the coast Although both my eyes were wide open they might just have well been closed And so it was that later...