Album Name

Kristofferson

Artist

Kris Kristofferson

Genre

컨트리

Release Date

1970

Release Agency

Monument/Legacy

Casey`s Last Ride - 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 any thing
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