Each week I will feature one song and accompanying painting from my project, Peace or Drama, A Journey Through Music And Art.
In the spotlight this week is I Know.
I’ve been waiting impatiently to talk about this tune. It’s such a happy love song and fits in perfectly with the emergence of Spring! And now I have such a wonderful story to tell about two love birds who came to my show last month – Jon and Jenny.
A week before my show at Triad Stage in Greensboro, I got an email from Jon with a special request: could he propose to his girlfriend at my show? Though we had never met, I immediately started concocting a plan.
On the night of the show, I asked Jon and Jenny to come up onstage (as if I had randomly selected them from the audience) to lead a sing-along on I Know. Jenny had no idea what was coming – she was a great sport and had a lovely singing voice. I then asked Jon if he wanted to dedicate this love song to anyone. He got down on one knee and proposed. The crowd gasped! Jenny said yes and burst into tears! They hugged, we cheered, then we sang this song in their honor.
Now if only I could figure out how to get them to go on tour with me and propose at every show….
“I Know, I know now what it means to be loved by you
I Know, I know now what it means to be loved so true
And I know when the birds sing in the sky up above
That they’re singing for me and my love”
(verse from I Know)
Song by Eve Fleishman. Image by Elizabeth Foster (Nashville, TN). Read more about I Know in the exhibition book. You can also bid on the painting, with proceeds to benefit PeaceTones.
Here’s a video of the proposal and song at my show: