[ti:Casey's Last Ride] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:The Cedar Creek Sessions] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Casey's Last Ride - Kris Kristofferson [00:03.34]Written by:Kris Kristofferson [00:06.68]Casey joins the hollow sound of silent [00:10.56]People walking down [00:12.71]The stairway to the subway [00:15.08] [00:15.61]In the shadows down below [00:17.88] [00:19.56]Following their footsteps [00:21.87]Through the neon-darkened corridors [00:25.03]Of silent desperation [00:27.50] [00:28.07]Never speaking to a soul [00:29.52] [00:34.23]The poison air [00:35.81]He's breathing has the dirty smell of dying [00:39.63] [00:40.25]'Cos it's never seen the sunshine and [00:43.39] [00:44.15]It's never felt the rain [00:46.35] [00:47.69]But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes [00:53.64]Of the clicking of the turnstiles [00:56.87]And the rattle of his chains [01:00.21] [01:05.43]Oh she said [01:07.22] [01:08.26]Casey it's been so long since I've seen you [01:12.59] [01:14.67]Here she said [01:16.15] [01:16.87]Just a kiss to make a body smile [01:21.03] [01:23.95]See she said [01:25.50] [01:26.32]I've put on new stockings just to please you [01:30.51] [01:33.25]Lord she said [01:34.80] [01:35.47]Casey can you only stay a while [01:39.36] [01:41.85]Casey leaves the underground and stops [01:45.29]Inside the golden crown [01:47.45]For something wet to wipe away the chill [01:51.19]That's on his bone [01:52.70] [01:54.37]Seeing his reflection [01:56.30]In the lives of all the lonely men [01:59.49]Who reach for anything [02:01.80]They can to keep from going home [02:04.76] [02:09.49]Standing in the corner [02:11.45]Casey drinks his pint of bitter [02:14.44]Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by [02:20.26] [02:21.79]Then he stumbles as he's leaving and [02:25.03]He wonders if the reason [02:27.51]Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear [02:31.68]That's in his eye [02:33.29] [02:39.43]Oh she said [02:41.07] [02:42.03]I suppose you seldom think about me [02:46.12] [02:48.43]Now she said [02:50.14] [02:50.84]Now that you've a family of your own [02:55.05] [02:57.54]Still she said [02:59.17] [02:59.98]It's so blessed good to feel your body [03:04.06] [03:06.85]Lord she said [03:08.35] [03:09.07]Casey it's a shame to be alone