Story Behind The Song

surrounded by "Three Sisters" and "Broken Top" mountains

Song Description

set in Bend Oregon

Lyrics

RED FLAGS

With a black cloud hanging over me and an empty luvin? cup
I met a man and our friends assured we?d be happy coupled up.
So we said our vows and headed north to a hillside home in Bend,
With more baggage than a jumbo jet, we should have stayed just friends.

It?s hard to keep a romance hot when the husband leaves the wife
The absence and rejection stripped the color from my life.
Hearing he?d climbed mountains in a foreign land was hard
When we should have fixed the Broken Top right here in our own backyard.

Red flags, red flags, the signs we didn?t see
Blue skies, blue skies, I?m gonna set me free
Don?t need his approval, Purple mountains majesty
White-capped sleeping beauties, Three Sisters watching me.

So I left the man and lost the house with the sparkling city views
I?m now a handyman and gardener, and my wallet sings the blues.
But I?ve learned to love the things I have and not worry about the rest.
Of all my Oregon blessings, my freedom is the best.

Red Flags, red flags, blessed solitude
Blue skies, blue skies, a refreshing attitude
Rocky meadows turning green, don?t care what others think.
I?ll paint my walls sun yellow, and I?ll plant my garden pink.

Instrumental Bridge

Red flags, red flags, blessed solitude
Blue skies, blue skies, a refreshing attitude
Rocky meadows turning green, don?t care what others think
I?ll paint my life any color I want, and my roses will always be pink.

Copyright Denise A Cantrell, 2005