[ti:Casey's Last Ride] [ar:Emmylou Harris] [al:Portraits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.55]Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down [00:05.79]The stairway to the subway and the shadows down below [00:10.97]Following the footsteps through the neon darkened corridors [00:16.45]Of silent desperation never speaking to a soul [00:21.66]The poison air he's breathing has a dirty smell of dying [00:27.02]'Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain [00:32.20]Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes [00:37.44]Of the clicking of the turnstile and the rattle of his chains [00:44.19] [00:47.30]"Oh" she said"Casey it's been so long since I've seen you" [00:55.17]"Here" she said"Just a kiss to make a body smile" [01:02.90]"See" she said"I've put on new stockings just to please you" [01:10.46]"Lord" she said"Casey can you only stay awhile" [01:19.38] [01:24.31]Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the golden crown [01:29.25]For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones [01:34.31]Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men [01:39.48]Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home [01:44.72]Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter [01:49.97]Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by [01:55.15]He stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason [02:00.14]Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye [02:07.09] [02:10.41]"Oh" she said"I suppose that you seldom think about me" [02:17.64]"Now" she said"Now that you've a family of your own" [02:25.44]"Still" she said"It's so blessed and good to feel your body" [02:33.24]"Lord" she said"Casey it's a shame to be alone" [02:41.50]"Oh" she said"Casey it's been so long since I've seen you" [02:49.29]"Here" she said"Just a kiss to make a body smile" [02:57.11]"See" she said"I've put on new stockings just to please you" [03:04.72]"Lord" she said"Casey can you only stay a while"