Twin Rocks Oregon Lyrics - Soul's Core - 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 

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