Casey's Last Ride Lyrics - Original Album Classics - John Denver

This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Aerie album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album. 

Casey joins the hallow 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 speaking to a soul 

The poison air he's breathing has a dirty smell of dying 

Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain 

But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes 

Of the clicking of the turnstyle and the rattle of his chain 

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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 put on new stockings just to please you 

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 bones 

Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men 

Who reach for anything thay can to keep from going home 

Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter 

Never glancing in the mirror at the people passin' by 

And 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 

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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 put on new stockings just to please you 

Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while 

Lord she said, Casey it's a shame to be alone