Best known as lead guitarist of the The Beatles, George Harrisonalso achieved mainstream success as a solo artist. Smothered by the overwhelming songwriting egos of his Beatles band mates, John Lennonand Paul McCartney, Harrison never felt he was able to fully express himself as a member of the band. This along with his distinctive more eastern oriented style of music made sure that most of his vast backlog of songs was never released while he was with the Beatles. As tensions within the Beatles flared towards the end of the sixties, Harrison took the time to compile his solo material, from which he released his first album All Things Must Passin 1970. The album contains the two-time, number one hit, My Sweet Lord, and to this day remains the most commercially successful solo album by a Beatle.
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George Harrison
Bust my back on the levy - broke my strings on the bbc
Found my chops on eel pie island - paid my dues at the marquee
Slagged off by the n.m.e. - lost my stash and my virginity
In this cockamamie business
Got my face on ed sullivan - broke my heart on the soul train
Introduced to bad company - lost cells down at brain drain
And before I could mend - lost the missus, missed the girlfriend
In this cockamamie business
Now we like to air condition - though the air has no ozone ring
Still theyre chopping down the forest for mcdonalds and the burger king
Eating cows with such persistance - doesnt offer much resistance
To this cockamamie business
There are too many things - stressing out the nervous system
Girls you used to know - fellas that may have kissedem
Some got rabies - some got fleas - some got incurable diseases
From this cockamamie business
Everybodys after as many points as they can get
As long as its not them that has to pay
No one really minds the debt
5-star actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors
With their cockamamie business
Well you do what you can - cant do much more than that
(no you cant do what he just said)
Some days youre pretty sharp - on other days you feel half dead
(while you make your daily bread)
Didnt want to be a star - wanted just to play guitar
In this cockamamie business