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Casey's Last Ride
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Waylon Jennings
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(Kris Kristofferson)
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Casey joins the hollow sound
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Of silent people walkin' down
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The stairway to the subway
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In the shadows down below.
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Following their footsteps
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Through the neon darkened corridors
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Of silent desperation
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Never speaking to a soul.
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The poison air he's breathing
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Has the dirty smell of dyin'
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'Cause it's never seen the sunshine
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And it's never felt the rain.
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Casey minds the arrows
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And ignores the fatal echoes
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Of the clicking of the turn stops
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And the rattle of his chains.
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Oh, she said, Casey it's been
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So long since I've seen you
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Here she said just a kiss
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To make a body smile.
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See she said I've put on
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New stocking just to please you
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Lord, she said. Casey
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Can you only stay a while?
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--- Instrumental ---
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Casey leaves the underground
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And stops inside the Golden Crown
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For something wet
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To wipe away the chill that's in his bones.
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Seeing his reflection
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In the lives of all the lonely men
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Who reach for anything they can
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To keep from goin' home.
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Standing in the corner
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Casey drinks his final bitter
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Never glancing in the mirror
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At the people passing by.
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Then he stumbles as he's leavin'
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And he wonders if the reason
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Is the beer that's in his belly
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Or the tear that's in his eye.
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Oh, she said, I suppose
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You seldom think about me
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Now she said, now
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That you've a family of your own.
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Still she said it's
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So blessed good to feel your body
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Lord, she said, Casey
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It's a shame to be alone. hmm...
Kris Kristofferson - Casey's Last Ride
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