Tonart: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I met him on
the cliffs
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He was sittin' on his bedroll
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Lookin' just like Richard Brautigan
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I thought he was an old man,
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He wasn't but 37
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He said he'd been ridin' trains
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For 15 years
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Drawin' portraits
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To keep his belly full of beer
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And it looked to me like
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And missed the plane
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to heaven
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But he was a nice old guy
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For a younger man
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He had a bottle of mad dog
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He held in his hand
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That he waved around a lot
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To make his point
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And I listened as he told his tales
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Of wine and wo men
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And we finished off that bottle
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And smoked a half a joint
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He said "I came here to watch
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the sun
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Disappear into the ocean
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It's been years
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Since I smelled this salty sea"
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He turned his bottle up and down
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And I saw him lost
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And I saw him found
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He said "I don't know what
Lookin' for,
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maybe me"
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Well, I told him I too had been
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Livin' out of my van from
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town to town
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Playin' for tips and
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I could move
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I said "I don't reckon I'll be
Makin' it big,
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You know it's hard to get rich
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Off a tout of coffee house gigs"
And he said "yeah,
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but ain't it a blessin'
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To do what you want to do"
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And I told him "yeah, I pulled off here
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To watch the sun disappear
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Into the ocean
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'Cause it's been years
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Since I smelled this salty sea"
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And he turned his bottle up
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and down
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He saw me lost and he saw
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me found
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And I said "I don't know what I've
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Been lookin' for, maybe me"
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I said "it's kind of late
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Better be heading down
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Can I give you a lift
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To San Francisco bay?"
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He said "nope, I think I'm just
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Going to sit here and rest
Tokyo-Montana express
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express
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I might just lay here
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And dream my life away
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I'm going to sit right here,
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I'm going to watch the sun
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Disappear in to the ocean
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'cause it's been years,
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I'm gonna turn my bottle up and down
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And you can see my found"
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I met him on the cliffs
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He was sitting on his bedroll looking
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Just like Richard Brautigan
Outro 1
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Just like him
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