The Sea
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 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 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
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 looking 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 gonna sit right here,
i'm gonna watch the sun
disappear into the ocean
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


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  "Twin Rocks, Oregon"   Alaska   All fall down   All In My Head   All in My Head [Live]   All in My Head [With Band][Multimedia Track]   Amy's Eyes   Anchored In You   Anchored in You [DVD][Take]   Anchored in You [Live]   And On A Rainy Night   Another Look   Appalachian   Baby Blue   Ballad Of Billy Jo Mckay   Ballad of Billy Jo McKay [Solo][Multimedia Track]   Beautiful Wreck   Beautiful Wreck [Live]   Beautiful Wreck [With Band][Multimedia Track]   Belong   Birds   Bitter Tears   Blue as you   Border Song   Buckdance   California   Can't Remember Summer   Canyons & Caverns   Canyons and Caverns   Casey's Last Ride   Catoosa County   Changes   cold black heart   Cycle Of Our Souls   Darby's Castle   Drumming Clown   Eggshells   Everchanging World   Everything   Everywhere I Go   Evolution Man   Faith   Ferguson   Find love   For America   For Shari   Fraction of a Man   Gambler’s Heart   Go and Fall   Gulf of Mexico   Gulf of Mexico [Live]   Hawksong   Hold On   Home   Homeless Joe   Homemade wine   House of the rising sun   House of the Rising Sun [*]   House of the Rising Sun [Live]   House of the Rising Sun [With Band][Multimedia Tra...   I Knew a Girl   I Know   In Her Eyes   It All Comes Down To Love   Joshua   Joy Terrell Brown [Solo Acoustic Version][#]   Just Like Me   Kelly's Song   Lately   Lay down your swords, boys   Leaving All Your Troubles Behind   Light You Up   Locked In My Room   Lonesome I Know You To Well   Lonesome, I Know You Too Well   Lonesome, I Know You Too Well (Live)   Lonesome, I Know You Too Well [DVD]   Lonesome, I Know You Too Well [Live][#]   Love Will Find a Way   Lullaby   Lullabye   Murphy's Song   My Ship   My Ship (2 Choices)   Nameless Faces   Never Gonna Let Her Go   No Blue Sky   North On   North on 95   Pandora   Patrick's Song   Pre-Apocalyptic Blues   Rewind The Years   Rockabye   Ruth & Mary   Ruth Mary   Salt Lake City 1973   Same Old Thing   Santa Fe   Santa Fe [Live]   September In Seattle   She   Shed A Tear   Shimmer   Shimmer (Callout Hook #1)   Shimmer (Callout Hook #2)   Shimmer (single)   Shimmer [Live]   Shimmer [Radio Version]   Shimmer [With Band][Multimedia Track]   Shimmer Right   Sleep Alone   solitaire   Solitaire [*]   Somethin' To Believe In   Song of the Self, Chapter 2   Song the the Self   Song To The Self   Soul Child   Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down   Sunday Morning Coming Down   Sunshine   Talkin going to alaska blues   Talkin' Goin' To Alaska Blues   Tannin Bed Song   Telling You   The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston   The Dream   The Ghost Of Johnny Cash   The Great Unknown   The Gulf Of Mexico   The Sky's The Limit   This One's For The Majors   This Time / Last Time   This Time/last Time   This Time\/Last Time   Time   Tinsel Town   Tinseltown   To Be With You   Twin Rocks Oregon   Twin Rocks, Oregon [DVD]   Twin Rocks, Oregon [Live]   Up All Night   Valentine   We Could Go   we could go and start again   We Run   What Is Life   What Is Life [*]   Where's Johnny   Yellow Dog Song   You Make It Better   You Mean Everthing To Me   You Mean Everything To Me

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