1958 – George Harrison – Soft-hearted Hana (1979)

 

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada entre abril e outubro de 1978 e lançada em 20 de fevereiro de 1979, no disco George Harrison, o oitavo da carreira de George. Foi produzida por George Harrison e Rus Titelman. Fala das experiencias de George com chás de cogumelo, enquanto estava de férias no Hawaii. Hana é uma cidade em Maui. É tocada em um ragtime da década de 1920, chamada Hard Hearted Hannah. O dobro é o instrumento principal da canção. George foi quem tocou. George dedicou a canção à Bob Longui, que era o dono do restaurante Longhi's, em Lahaina, no lado oposto de Hana, em Mauí. George cantou, tocou violão, dobro e fez backing vocals. Neil Larsen tocou piano. Willie Weeks tocou baixo. Andy Newmark tocou bateria. Steve Winwood fez backing vocals.

A letra:

I ate it and at once my eyes could see you
No sooner had I ooped it down
I felt so far off from the ground I stood on.

My legs they seemed to me like high-rise buildings
My head was high up in the sky
My skin the sun began to fry like bacon.

And then somebody old appeared and asked had I come far . . .
And hadn't they just seen me up on Haleakala . . .
I kept on body surfing to pretend I hadn't heard
There was someone there beside me, swimming like Richard III
And I'm still smiling

Seven naked native girls swam seven sacred pools . . .
Lone-ranger smoking doobies said you're breaking all the rules . . .
You'd better get your clothes on or else there'll be a row . . .
If it wasn't for my sunstroke I would take you on right now . . .
And I'm still smiling.

I fell in love with my Soft-Hearted Hana
She entered right in through my heart
And now although we're miles apart
I still feel her.

She lives beneath the crater in the meadow
She moves among the fruit and grain
You can meet her after heavy rain has fallen.

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