Casey's Last Ride

Casey joins the hollow sound

Of silent people walkin' 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 that he's breathin'

Has the dirty smell of dyin'

'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 underground

And stops inside the Golden Crown

For somethin' 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

Standing 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 family 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"