Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

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Up Around the Bend (Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1970). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2025-08-09. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Up Around the Bend," written by John Fogerty, was CCR's 6th top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 rising to the no. 4 position in 1970 (Whitburn, 2013). Fogerty wrote that "this song came to him when he was riding his motorcycle though the California hills" (songfacts, 2025) and wrote the song "during social and political uproar, reflecting a common desire to find solace and hope in a tumultuous world" (J. Landrum, melodyinsight, Jan. 29, 2024).

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Lyrics:

There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin'
Leave the sinkin' ship behind

Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend

Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
Better get while the gettin's good
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood

Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend

You can ponder perpetual motion
Fix your mind on a crystal day
Always time for good conversation
There's an ear for what you say

Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend

Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me

Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend

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