By far her most asked for song, and as you can see, her most recorded. The version on Legacy 2 is the same as Circles and Arrows. All the others are different.
The story about the song is almost as good as the song itself. Cheryl got up in the middle of the night and wrote most of the song in one sitting. And it was almost never recorded. Cheryl was putting together a tape of songs to be considered for her first album. Her friend Patsy kept telling her she should add this one, but Cheryl didn't think it would work. Finally, she added it to the tape just to prove to Patsy that it wasn't that good of a song. Fortunately, it made it on to the album.
The version on Circles and Arrows is a "seriously remixed" variation of the version on Cheryl Wheeler, including Mark O'Conner's beautiful violin. A live version of Arrow can be found on YouTube.
- Arrow
- Words And Music By
- Cheryl Wheeler
- I wish I could fall in love
- Though it only leads to trouble, oh I know it does
- Still I'd fool myself and gladly, just to feel I was
- In love, in love
- I wish I could feel my heartbeat rise
- And gaze into some gentle, warm excited eyes
- And give myself as truly as an arrow flies
- In windless skies
- (Chorus)
- Oh I remember you in the tv light
- Holding you close to me where we lay
- And now I wish I knew some of those softer nights
- Whispering quietly, feeling you turn to me
- Only last night in the winter dark
- I dreamed of how you loved, in all your innocence
- And I've never known a softer warmer feeling since, or a truer heart
- Maybe these dreams are leading me
- Maybe love is not as gentle as my memory
- Maybe time and wishful half-remembered fantasy are the greatest part
- (Chorus)
- Wish I could feel my heartbeat rise
- And gaze into some gentle, warm excited eyes
- And give myself as truly as an arrow flies
- In windless skies
- I wish I could fall in love
- Though it only leads to trouble, oh I know it does
- Still I'd fool myself and gladly just to feel I was, in love
- 12/14/81
- (P) May 27, 2003
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