作词 : Kris Kristofferson

作曲 : Kris Kristofferson

[Verse 1 ]

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 speaking to a soul

The poison air he's breathing

Has the dirty smell of dying

Because it's never seen the sunshine

And it's never felt the rain

Casey minds the arrows

And ignores the fatal echoes

Of the clicking of the turn stops

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 stocking just to please you

Lord, she said. Casey

Can you only stay a while?

[ Instrumental ]

[Verse 2]

Casey leaves the underground

And stops inside the Golden Crown

For something wet

To wipe away the chill that's in his bones

Seeing his reflection

In the lives of all the lonely men

Who reach for anything they can

To keep from going home

Standing in the corner

Casey drinks his final bitter

Never glancing in the mirror

At the people passing by

Then he stumbles as he's leaving

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

[Outro]

Still she said it's

So blessed good to feel your body

Lord, she said, Casey

It's a shame to be alone. hmm...