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Caseys Last Ride Tab

by Johnny Cash


Intro:  
 
                               
Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down 
                                   
The stairway to the subway and the shadows down below 
                                   
Following the footsteps through the neon darkened corridor 
                                         
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 
                            
Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes 
                                         
Of the clicking of the turnstile and the rattle of the  
 
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  
 
you" 
                                              
"Lord," she said "Casey can you only stay a while" 
 
Instrumental: 
    
 
                                
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 any thing they can to keep from going home 
 
 
                              
Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter 
                                    
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by 
                                  
He stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason 
                                                       
Is the beer that's in his bell 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 blesses good to feel your body 
                                             
"Lord", she said "Casey it's a shame to be alone" 
 
Outro: