Spread your tiny wings and fly away
musical interlude
The female contralto is the most beautiful singing voice; it sends me. It’s also the rarest vocal range for a woman.
Karen Carpenter had it, and so did Anne Murray.
As is often the case with true vocal artists, when they age and mature, then revisit their early catalog, the result is deeper and more satisfying. You can hear this in Ann and Nancy Wilson touring decades after Heart was a top 40 band. They manage to elevate songs that were merely pleasant or catchy when they were new to something higher.
So it is with this Anne Murray performance from 25 years after she debuted with this hit.
’The one I love forever is untrue, and if I could you know that I would fly away with you’
What a treasure that woman is. I’m a hard rock guy but I get tears in my eyes listening to her. Old and soft, I’m going to go flail myself and regain my masculinity.
☺️ sweet, a little pensive and evocative of experience most of us have had. There's been more times than one when I've wanted to fly away. Thanks for sharing this song from my younger days.