Before a live performance of the song on 15 December 1969, heard on the live album Epitaph, Robert Fripp remarked that the song was dedicated to "an American political personality whom we all know and love dearly.
Before a live performance of the song on 15 December 1969, heard on the live album Epitaph, Robert Fripp acknowledged that the song was dedicated to "an American political figure whom we all know and appreciate dearly."