Caseys Last Ride

Casey joins the hallow 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 speaking to a soul

The poison air hes breathing has a dirty smell of dying

Cause its never seen the sunshine and its never felt the rain

But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes

Of the clicking of the turnstyle and the rattle of his chain

Oh she said, Casey its been so long since Ive seen you

Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile

See she said, I put on new stockings just to please you

Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while

Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the Golden Crown

For something wet to wipe away the chill thats on his bones

Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men

Who reach for anything thay can to keep from going home

Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter

Never glancing in the mirror at the people passin by

And he stumbles as hes leavin and he wonders if the reason

Is the beer thats in his belly or the tear thats in his eye

Oh she said, I suppose you seldom think about me

Now she said, now that youve a family of your own

Still she said, its so blessed good to feel your body

Lord she said, Casey its a shame to be alone

Oh she said, Casey its been so long since Ive seen you

Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile

See she said, I put on new stockings just to please you

Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while

Lord she said, Casey its a shame to be alone