Casey's Last Ride (Live)-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:Casey's Last Ride (Live)] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:Live From Austin TX] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Casey's Last Ride (Live) - Kris Kristofferson [00:07.77]Written by：Kris Kristofferson [00:15.55]Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down [00:20.61] [00:21.52]The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below [00:26.38] [00:28.64]Following their footsteps through the neon darkened corridors [00:33.62] [00:34.65]Of silent desperation never speaking to a soul [00:39.40] [00:44.98]The poison air he's breathing has the dirty smell of dying [00:49.92] [00:50.92]Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain [00:57.21] [00:57.72]But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes [01:02.78] [01:04.19]Of the clicking of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains [01:09.46] [01:17.43]Oh she said Casey it's been so long since I've seen you [01:24.24] [01:27.14]Here she said just a kiss to make a body smile [01:33.08] [01:37.03]See she said I've put on new stockings just to please you [01:43.24] [01:46.89]Lord she said Casey can you only stay a while [01:53.03] [02:09.08]Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the golden crown [02:14.34] [02:15.23]For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone [02:20.64] [02:22.12]Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men [02:27.56] [02:28.24]Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home [02:33.65] [02:39.56]Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter [02:44.10] [02:45.15]Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by [02:50.39] [02:53.45]Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason [02:59.26]Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye [03:05.44] [03:13.20]Oh she said I suppose you seldom think about me [03:19.07] [03:23.36]Now she said now that you've a family of your own [03:29.45] [03:33.38]Still she said it's so blessed good to feel your body [03:39.20] [03:43.33]Lord she said Casey it's a shame to be alone