Casey's Last Ride(Live from RCA Studios 1972) - Kris Kristofferson

作词：Kris Kristofferson

作曲：Kris Kristofferson

Casey joins the hollow sound of

silent people walking down

The stairway to the subway

in the shadows down below

Following their footsteps through

the neon-darkened corridors

Of silent desperation

never speakin' to a soul

The poison air he's breathin'

has the dirty smell of dying

'Cause it's never seen the sunshine

and it's never felt the rain

But Casey minds the arrows

and ignores the fatal echoes

Of the clickin' of the turnstiles

and the rattle of his chains

Oh she said Casey it's been

so long since I've seen you

Here she said just a kiss to

make a body smile

See she said I've put on new

stockings just to please you

Lord she said Casey can

you only stay a while

Casey leaves the under-ground

and stops inside the golden crown

For something wet to wipe

away the chill that's on his bone

Seeing his reflection in the

lives of all the lonely men

Who reach for anything

they can to keep from goin' home

Standin' in the corner Casey

drinks his pint of bitter

Never glancing in the mirror

at the people passing by

Then he stumbles as he's leaving

and he wonders if the reason

Is the beer that's in his belly

or the tear that's in his eye

Oh she said I suppose

you seldom think about me

Now she said now that

you've a fam'ly of your own

Still she said it's so blessed

good to feel your body

Lord she said Casey it's

a shame to be alone