Lost GEORGE HARRISON Lyrics Become New Song

MUSIC NEWS- UK singer/songwriter/composer, Dean Johnson used some "misplaced" lyrics written by BEATLE George Harrison to create a new song. The lyrics were written by Harrison in the late sixties, but never used by Harrison or the Beatles, but instead were given to the band's biographer Hunter Davies who filed and lost track of them.

Davies came across the lyrcis recenlty and mentioned them in an interview on BBC Radio Merseyside.  One of the on-air personalities, Spencer Leigh, passed the lyrics on to Johnson and suggested the songwriter use them as the basis for a new tune. The lyrics are said to be about Harrison's relationship with John Lennon but at one point were thought to have been about one of George’s loves.

Some of the lyrics:   "I'm happy to say that it's only a dream/When I come across people like you/It's only a dream and you make it obscene/With the things that you think and you do/You're so unaware of the pain that I bear/And jealous for what you can't do." 

That track, now known as SILENCE IS ITS OWN REPLY,  has been completed and was aired by the BBC station recently. We can't quite call this a Beatles or a George Harrison song officially, since we don't know Mr Harrison's intentions for the music, or if he wanted to be recorded.  No word yet from Harrison's wife Olivia, or son Dhani on the tune. But give it a listen (below) and let us know what you think and if this is good or bad.

Johnson recently said to reporters: "I found it unbelievable, tremendously exciting and, above all, a complete honour. My brief was to follow George's sentiment through to its conclusion". When asked what the Harrison lyrics were about, he adds: "The lyrics are of a personal nature and were first thought to be a song of unrequited love but, in hindsight, they seem to allude to George's uneasy relationship with John Lennon. This is substantiated by first-hand observations by Hunter Davies and by people close to Harrison".

Watch Johnson's performance of the song, here.  More on Harrison @ GeorgeHarrison.com