 Harrison had begun writing " World of Stone " , " Grey Cloudy Lies " and the soul @-@ pop love song " Can 't Stop Thinking About You " in 1973 . He started " This Guitar ( Can 't Keep from Crying ) " in Hawaii over Christmas 1974 , while holidaying with his new girlfriend ( later his wife ) , Olivia Arias , a secretary at Dark Horse 's LA office . The song is a sequel to Harrison 's popular Beatles track " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " , and the lyrics serve as a rebuttal to his critics , particularly Rolling Stone , whose savaging of the tour he would never forgive . 
