Little Arrows

Album

Little Arrows

Label

Decca Records

Genre

Country

Duration

0:00

Composer(s)

Albert Hammond;Mike Hazlewood

Entered Chart

Oct 12, 1968

Peak Date

Dec 7, 1968

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Decca 32380

B-Side

Time Will Tell

This Pop tune was written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood. It was the first hit for songwriter Albert Hammond, who is the father of The Strokes' guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr. He recalled to The Independent February 4, 2009 that he "was working at the Chelsea Drug Store (see 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' for more on that), just doing dishes" when he wrote this song. Hammond added: "I'd carry around a little transistor radio and play it to the other guys when the song came on but they'd never believe it was me." Hammond's well-known songs include "The Air That I Breathe" for The Hollies, "Gimme Dat Ding" for The Pipkins, "When I Need You" for Leo Sayer and his self-performed track "It Never Rains In Southern California." British singer and one-time comedian Lee Graham performed this song. He was first nicknamed Leapy at school as "I was always a leaper." A one hit wonder in the US, in the UK Lee had one other chart entry with the Country tune "Good Morning," which peaked at #29. His singing career came to an abrupt end when, following a fracas in a bar with Alan Lake, the husband of the actress Diana Dors, he was sentenced to two years in prison. This peaked at #2 in the UK. It was The Beatles' "Hey Jude," which prevented Lee from leaping to the top of the chart.

There's a boy a little boy
Shooting arrows in the blue
And he's aiming them at someone
But the question is at who.
Is it me or is it you
It's hard to tell until you're hit
But you know it when they hit you
'Cause they hurt a little bit.

Here they come
pouring out of the blue
Little arrows for me
and for you
You're falling in love
again
Falling in love again.

Little arrows in your clothing
Little arrows in your hair
When you're in love you'll find
Those little arrows everywhere
Little arrows that will hit you once
And hit you once again
Little arrows that hit everybody
Every now and then.

Oh oh oh the pain.

Some folks run and others hide
But ain't nothing they can do
And some folks put on armor
But the arrows go straight through.
So you see there's no escape
So why not face it and admit
That you love those little arrows
When they hurt a little bit.

Here they come pouring out of the blue.