Casey's Last Ride

Am / Am 

 Am                                                        G 
Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down, 
         F                                                         E 
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below. 
     Am                                                              G  
Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors, 
        F                                                    E 
Of silent desperation, never speaking to a soul. 
        F                                                                    C                  Am 
The poison air he's breathing has the dirty smell of dying, 
              Dm                                                              E 
'Cos it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain. 
        Am                                                      G 
But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes, 
               F                                                     E                     Am 
Of the clicking of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains. 

Am   /  G   / 

  C                                                             G                                           
"Oh," she said: "Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you. 
   G7                               Dm              G7                      C 
"Here," she said: "just a kiss to make a body smile. 
   C                                                                        G 
"See," she said: "I've put on new stockings just to please you. 
  G7                            Dm                          G7               C 
"Lord," she said. "Casey, can you only stay a while." 

 Am  / Am 

  Am                                                               G                           
Casey leaves the underground and stops inside The Golden Crown, 
          F                                                              E 
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones. 
    Am                                            G 
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men, 
         F                                                          E 
Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home. 
    F                                                         C                       Am 
Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter, 
           Dm                                                 E                
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by. 
       Am                                                               G 
Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason, 
          F                                                   E                      Am                           
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye. 

Am / G 

   C                                                          G 
"Oh," she said: "I suppose you seldom think about me. 
  G7                           Dm                         G7                     C              
"Now," she said: "now that you've a family of your own. 
   C                                                          G 
"Still," she said: "It's so blessed good to feel your body. 
  G7                            Dm                G7                      C 
"Lord," she said: "Casey, it's a shame to be alone." 

 C     /   G7   /   C