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

Just like him