[Introspective] The words I hear in "King of Rome"

[J/Thayer]

Listening to Yes several times before reading the lyrics, I consistently 
misheard several words in "King of Rome", especially in the refrain.  I love 
the proper words, but still enjoy the more ambiguous and even more romantic 
version I heard, which I have pasted below (who else is there to share it 
with?  :-)  ).

I put a star in front of my misheard lines.  Funny thing is, I _still_ hear 
the words this way:

Small man
Big world
Lost beyond the pale
I know you
Inside out
I can tell the tale

Across the sky
A change of time
Last night I lost a day
I'm here and there
Or anywhere
Away from Manderley

And if I were the King of Rome
I couldn't be more tragic
My fate to roam
So far from home
In search of my lost magic

* Oh, ain't it comic?
* Ain't it comic to me?

The desert moon
A new lagoon
* We glide upon the zephyrs
Night falls fast
* Now shadows cast
Arriving without purpose

* Oh, they becalm me
* Oh, they becalm me today

And if I were
The King of Rome
I couldn't be more lonely
With so much scope
To dream and hope
Someday you'll deign to phone me

Oh, baby call me
Oh, baby call me today

I long for
Your inscrutable pale face
I hunger for
Your beautiful embrace


Either way, this was instantly one of my favorite PSB songs of all time.  My 
favorite on the record, I guess!

-Jonathan
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