VERSE 1
//Pick D and G for the verse//
Well I met him on the cliffs at twin rocks oragon
He was sitting on his bedroll looking just like Richard Brautigan
I thought he was an old man but he wasn t but 37
He said he d been riding trains for 15 years
And drawing portraits to keep his belly full of beer
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 that he held in his hand
and waved around a lot to make his point
and I listend as he told his tales
of wine and women and county jails
and we finished off that bottle and smoked a half a joint
CHORUS
And he said I came here to watch the sun
disappear into the ocean
cos it s been years since I smelled
the salty sea
And he turned his bottle up and down
And I saw him lost and I saw him found
and he said I don t know what I ve been looking for.
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Maybe me.
VERSE 2
//Pick D and G for the verse//
Well I told him I too had been travelling around
Living out of my van from town to town
Playing for tips and whatever records I could move
I said I don t reckon I ll be making it big
It s hard to get rich off a tour of coffee house gigs
And he said yeah, but ain t it a blessing to do what you want to do
CHORUS
And I told him yeah I pulled off here to watch the sun
disappear into the ocean
cos it s been years since I smelled
the salty sea.
And he turned his bottle up and down
And he saw me lost and he saw me found
And he said I don t know what I ve been looking for
Maybe me.
VERSE 3
//Pick D and G for the verse//
I said it s getting kinda late
Better be heading down to 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
Maybe wait on the Tokyo-Montana express
I might just lay here and dream my life away
CHORUS
I m going to sit right here, I m going to wath the sun
Disappear into the ocean
Cos it s been years
Yeah it s been years
I m going to turn my bottle up and down
you can see me lost and you can see me found.
OUTRO
//Pick and //
I met him on th cliffs at Twin Rocks Oregan
He was sitting on his bedroll looking just like Richard Braudigan
Just like him.
