“as the miller told his tale”
I always thought it was “as the mirror told its tale”. In so many rock songs the I never know the real lyrics. Tumbling Dice and other Rolling Stones songs are hard to make out and I have to guess at the lyrics. I have always liked Whiter Shade of Pale though.
There used to be a great website called “KissThisGuy.com” as in Jimi Hendrix, “Scuse me while I kiss the sky,” that had all kinds of mis-heard rock lyrics, and what they originally said. It was very, very funny. CCR: “There’s a bathroom on the right.”