Story Behind The Song

heard someone passionately discussing Bend Oregon and decided "friend in bend" was a good title

Song Description

Girl left, ended up in bend Oregon, she is asking old boyfriend to come out there, he has doubts and he dreams of more than frindship

Lyrics

A Friend in Bend

Words and Music by Barry E. Thompson, Ac 2008, All Rights Reserved,
Registered BMI

VERSE 1:
I can't get a break --- but - I might get to Bend
That's a town in Oregon --- Where I have friend
She had dreams to find, left her baggage behind - but
I got a friend in Bend -- She told me so

CHORUS:
Oregon loves dreamers, so the slogan goes
With one dream to redeem, so maybe I ought to go
where the air near Crooked River -- can straighten my soul
I got a friend in Bend -- She told me so

VERSE 2: She said come see me in the scenery, On Mount Bachelor to rivers below
You'll flip for the corner breweries while I sip on a local Pino
Mistakes from the past seem small in space this vast
I got a friend in Bend -- She told me so

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE:
She said-- New England gets lazy, South Cali is too crazy
Wichita's plains are all the same - Seattle aint bad if you like rain...

VERSE 3:
Meanwhile I'm holding at the end of my rope -
And she's flying down some mountain bike trail--
Maybe I'll let go, we'll fall to valleys below,
I can learn what she already knows, that dreams never end in Bend

REPEAT CHORUS

Half Chorus:
She said Mistakes from the past, seem small in space this vast
I got a friend in Bend, She told me so