Happy Family

O disco "Lizard", lançado em 1970, pelo grupo King Crimson, traz uma canção chamada "Happy Family". Seus autores, o genial Robert Fripp e seu parceiro Peter Sinfield, usaram como inspiração a separação dos Beatles. Na letra, os membros tiveram seus nomes substituídos por Judas (Paul), Rufus (Ringo), Silas (George) e Jonah (John) e é cheia de ironias.
Uma das ilustrações do encarte, de autoria de Gini Barris, traz também imagens dos quatro beatles.

Obrigado ao amigo Carlos Henrique Naldoni

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A letra:

"Happy family, one hand clap, four went by and none come back
Brother Judas, ash and sack, swallowed aphrodisiac.
Rufus, Silas, Jonah too sang, "We'll blow our own canoes,"
Poked a finges in the zoo, punctures all the ballyhoo

Whipped the world and beat the clock, wound up with their share of stock
Silver Rolls from golden rock, shaken by a knock, knock, knock.
Happy family, wave that grin, what goes round must surely spin;
Cheescake, mousetrap, Grip-Pipe-Thynne cried out, "We're not Rin Tin Tin."

Uncle Rufus grew his nose, threw away his circus clothes
Cousin Silas grew a beard, drew another flask of weird
Nasty Jonah grew a wife, Judas drew his pruning knife.
Happy family, one hand clap, four went on but none came back

Happy family, pale applause, each to his revolving doors.
Silas searching, Rufus neat, Jonah caustic, Jude so sweet.
Let their sergeant mirror spin if we lose the barbers win;
Happy family, one hand clap, four went on but none came back"