Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: David Nelson
A new Hunter/Nelson song played by the New Riders of the Purple Sage in 2009.
I was standing at the water's edge
Watching the waves, watching the waves
I was standing at the water's edge
Just watching the waves roll in
Saw a message in a big brown bottle
A big brown bottle, big brown bottle
Saw a message in a big brown bottle
Washed up and then roll away
Big brown bottle on the salt sea shore
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more, no more
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more
I wondered what the message had to say
How I wondered, how I wondered
I wondered what the message had to say
I guess I'll never know
I wish I had of let it roll away
Roll away, let it roll away
Wish I had of let it roll away
More than I can say
Big brown bottle on the salt sea shore
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more, no more
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more
Might have been lottery jackpot numbers
Jackpot numbers, jackpot numbers
Might have been lottery jackpot numbers
And I can be rich today
Might have been the key to peace and freedom
Peace and freedom, peace and freedom
Might have been the key to peace and freedom
That I let roll away
Big brown bottle on the salt sea shore
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more, no more
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more
Well it might have been the number of
The number of, number of
Well it might have been the number of
Somebody for me to love
Big brown bottle on the salt sea shore
Salt sea shore, salt sea shore
Big brown bottle on the salt sea shore
Well it ain't gonna [breathe] no more
Big brown bottle on the salt sea shore
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more, no more
Ain't gonna [breathe] no more