Karaoké Casey's Last Ride Kris Kristofferson

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walkin' down the stairway to the subway in the shadows down below

Followin' 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 dyin' 'cos 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

Seein' his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men who reach for anything they can to keep from goin' home

Standin' in the corner

Casey drinks his pint of bitter

Never glancin' in the mirror at the people passin' by

Then he stumbles as he's leavin' 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