I met him on the cliffs of twin rocks, Oregon
He was sittin on his bedroll lookin just like Richard Brautigan
I thought he was an old man, he wasn`t but 37
He said he`d been ridin trains for 15 years
Drawin portraits to keep his belly full of beer
And it looked to me like he`d died and missed the plane to heaven
But he was a nice old guy for a younger man
He had a bottle of mad dog he held in his hand
That he waved around a lot to make his point
And I listened as he told his tales of wine and women and county jails
And we finished off that bottle and smoked a half a joint
He said `I came here to watch the sun disappear into the ocean
It`s been years since I smelled this salty sea`
He turned his bottle up and down and I saw him lost and I saw him found
He saID `I don`t know what I`ve been lookin for, maybe me...`
Well, I told him I too had been travelin around
Livin out of my van from town to town
Playin for tips and whatever records
I could move
I said `I don`t reckon I`ll be makin it big,
You know it`s hard to get rich off a tout of coffee house gigs`
And he said `yeah, but ain`t it a blessin to do what you wanna do...`
And I told him `yeah, I pulled off here to watch the sun disappear into the ocean
`Cause it`s been years since I smelled this salty sea`
And he turned his bottle up and down
He saw me lost and he saw me found
And I said `I don`t know what I`ve been lookin for, maybe me`
I said `it`s kind of late better be heading down the interstate
Can I give you a lift to San Francisco Bay?`
He said `nope, I think I`m just going to sit here and rest
And maybe wait on the Tokyo-montana express
I might just lay here and dream my life away
I`m going to sit right here,
I`m going to watch the sun disappear into the ocean
`Cause it`s been years, it`s been years
I`m gonna turn my bottle up and down
You can see my lost and you can see my found`
I met him on the cliffs of twin rocks, Oregon
He was sitting on his bedroll looking just like Richard Brautigan
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