Casey's Last Ride - Live 1981

We really appreciate y'all bringing all that spirit out here

This is like, this is, this is like our last walks for a while

We've been on the, on the road since may, no, no, no

I don't mean the last song, but I mean this is the last night

We're gonna be working for a while

We are, we are really going away with the night stays

Because of you all and God bless you for that

Here's an old song called "Casey's Last Ride"

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walkin' 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 he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dyin'

'Cause it's never seen the sunshine, 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 ya"

"Lord," she said, "Casey can you only stay a while?"

Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the Golden Crown

For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone

Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men

Who reach for anything they can to keep from goin' home

Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter

Never glancing 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"

Thank you

Thank you very much