Twin Rocks, Oregon

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 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 ol' 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 the 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 dont 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 want to do"
 I told him 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 dont know what I've been lookin for, maybe me"
 I said "it's getting 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 disapeear into the ocean
 'Cause its 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