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Shawn Mullins
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'Twin Rocks, Oregon'
Lyricist:Shawn Mullins
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 thirty seven
He said he'd been ridin' trains For fifteen years Drawin' portraits To keep his belly full of the beer And 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 Waved around a lot To make his point
And I listened as he told his tales Wine and women and county jails We finished off that bottle And smoked a half a joint
He said 'I came here to watch the sun Disappear into the ocean Is this been years Since I smelled this salty sea'
He turned his bottle up and down 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
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com 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'
He turned his bottle up and down He saw me lost and he saw me found He said 'I don't know what I've Been lookin' for, maybe me'
I said 'It's kinda late Better be headin' 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 gonna to sit right here I'm gonna 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 me lost And you can see me found
Well I met him on the cliffs Of twin rocks, Oregon He was sitting on his bedroll looking Just like Richard Brautigan Just like him
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