He held in his hand
Been lookin' for, maybe me"
He said "I don't know what I've been
Disappear into the ocean
He turned his bottle up and down
I said "It's kinda late
He turned his bottle up and down
I said "I don't reckon I'll be makin it big
Since I smelled this salty sea"
And I told him "Yeah, I pulled off here"
Wine and women and county jails
To do what you wanna do"
To keep his belly full of the beer
I'm gonna turn my bottle up and down
I'm gonna to watch the sun
He said "I don't know what I've
Tokyo Montana express
He said "Nope, I think I'm just
Can I give you a lift
And you can see me found
Playin' for tips and whatever records
I saw him lost and I saw him found
Disappear into the ocean
Well I met him on the cliffs
And missed the plane to Heaven
And looked to me like he'd died
We finished off that bottle
He was sitting on his bedroll looking
Is this been years
Just like Richard Brautigan
To make his point
But he was a nice old guy
'Cause it's been years
You know it's hard to get rich
Since I smelled this salty sea"
He saw me lost and he saw me found
Lookin' just like Richard Brautigan
To watch the sun disappear into the ocean
'Cause it's been years, it's been years
Going to sit here and rest
He said "I came here to watch the sun
Off a tout of coffee house gigs
He was sittin' on his bedroll
You can see me lost
To San Francisco bay?"
He had a bottle of Mad Dog
Travelin' around
I'm gonna to sit right here
And maybe wait on the
He said he'd been ridin' trains
Drawin' portraits
And dream my life away
Of twin rocks, Oregon
For a younger man
I could move
I thought he was an old man
And smoked a half a joint
For fifteen years
Livin' out of my van from town to town
And I listened as he told his tales
He wasn't but thirty seven
I might just lay here
Well, I told him I too had been
Lookin' for, maybe me"
And he said "Yeah, but ain't it a blessin'
Waved around a lot
Better be headin' down the interstate
