Caseys Last Ride — текст песни (Kris Kristofferson)

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking 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 air hes breathin has the dirty smell of dying

cause its never seen the sunshine and its 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 its been so long since Ive seen you!"

"here" she said, "just a kiss to make a body smile!"

"see" she said, "ive put on new stockings just to please you!"

"lord!" she said, "casey can you only stay a while? "



Casey leaves the under-ground and stops inside the golden crown

For something wet to wipe away the chill thats on his bone.

Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men

Who reach for any thing they can to keep from goin home.

Standin in the corner casey drinks his pint of bitter

Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by

Then he stumbles as hes leaving and he wonders if the reason

Is the beer thats in his belly, or the tear thats in his eye.



"oh!" she said, "i suppose you seldom think about me,

"now" she said, "now that youve a famly of your own";

"still" she said, "its so blessed good to feel your body!"

"lord!" she said" "casey its a shame to be alone!"