While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Jeff Healey)

"I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps. I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps. I don't know why nobody told you, how to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you. They bought and sold you. I look at the world, and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps. From every mistake we must surely be learning And still my guitar gently weeps. I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too. I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps. Look at you all... Still my guitar gently weeps." -lyrics of the original song- This song, "While my guitar gently weeps", is a version of a song by George Harrison, performed by the brilliant guitarist Jeff Healey. You can find it in the album "Platinum & Gold Collection" by The Jeff Healey Band, edited in 2004. Norman Jeff Healey (March 25th 1966-March 2th 2008) has been a brilliant guitarist. His style mixed jazz, blues, rock... He was born in Toronto (Canada). When he was less than 1 year old, he lost his sight due to a retinoblastoma (a cancer of the eyes). Healey fought against this terrible illness all his life, until the cancer killed him when he was 41 years old. Healey was a fan of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Clapton... Without a doubt, these artists were a big influence in his work. When he was only 6 years old, he made his debut. We will never forget his powerful way of playing, with the guitar flat on his lap. -Emma Alvarez- © 2008 by Emma Alvarez. Link to this post without copying the text. Some Related Posts: If you liked this post, subscribe to Emma Alvarez Site or give yourself a gift Stumble it! Add me to your del.icio.us network