Casey's Last Ride-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:Casey's Last Ride] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:Original Album Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Casey's Last Ride - Kris Kristofferson [00:03.91]Written by：Kris Kristofferson [00:07.83]Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down [00:13.44]The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below [00:18.37] [00:20.05]Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors [00:25.41]Of silent desperation never speakin' to a soul [00:30.07] [00:34.15]The poison air he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dying [00:39.05] [00:39.57]'Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain [00:44.92] [00:47.13]But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes [00:52.58]Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains [00:57.83] [01:04.96]Oh she said Casey it's been so long since I've seen you [01:11.00] [01:14.06]Here she said just a kiss to make a body smile [01:19.97] [01:23.38]See she said I've put on new stockings just to please you [01:29.66] [01:32.90]Lord she said Casey can you only stay a while [01:38.65] [01:47.18]Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the golden crown [01:52.80]For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone [01:57.70] [01:59.16]Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men [02:04.19]Who reach for anything they can to keep from goin' home [02:09.16] [02:13.19]Standin' in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter [02:18.19]Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by [02:23.74] [02:25.99]Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason [02:31.32]Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye [02:36.87] [02:43.46]Oh she said I suppose you seldom think about me [02:49.65] [02:52.77]Now she said now that you've a family of your own [02:58.87] [03:01.88]Still she said it's so blessed good to feel your body [03:08.41] [03:11.52]Lord she said Casey it's a shame to be alone