During King Crimson's tours in support of
Discipline and its successor
Beat, Belew would tell the story while the song was being performed. During the
Beat tour, the story-telling portion was somewhat improvised. From the
Three of a Perfect Pair tour onwards this spoken part was dropped, leaving only the sung lyrics, although the original recording was played during tours in the band's mid-1990s "double trio" era. This practice of using the original recording of Belew continued during the 2024 and 2025 tour of the group Beat, which featured Belew and Levin performing the music of early 1980's King Crimson. ==Cover versions==