Released: February 20, 1979
Songwriter: George Harrison
Producer: Russ Titelman George Harrison
[Verse 1]
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
[Bridge 1]
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
[Instrumental Verse]
[Bridge 2]
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
[Verse 2]
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 grows among the fruit and grain
You can meet her after heavy rain has fallen
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
[Bridge 1]
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
[Instrumental Verse]
[Bridge 2]
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
[Verse 2]
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 grows among the fruit and grain
You can meet her after heavy rain has fallen
- George Harrison (1979)
- My Sweet Lord
- Isn’t It a Pity
- All Things Must Pass
- What Is Life
- Wah-Wah
- Beware of Darkness
- Run of the Mill
- Got My Mind Set On You
- All Those Years Ago
- Give Me Love
- Crackerbox Palace
- Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
- I’d Have You Anytime
- When We Was Fab
- If Not for You
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
- Awaiting on You All
- I Live for You
- Behind That Locked Door
- Let It Down
- Hear Me Lord
- Blow Away
- Art of Dying
- Isn’t It a Pity (Version 1)