Casey's Last Ride
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


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


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


Words and Music by Kris Kristofferson


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