Tonart: A minor•
Verse 1
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Casey joins the hollow sound of si
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lent people walking down
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The stairway to the subway in
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Following their footsteps through
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the neon darkened corridors
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Of si lent desperation,
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never speakin' to a soul
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The poison air he's breathin' has
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the dirty smell of dying
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'Cause it's never seen the sunshine
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and it's never felt the rain
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But Casey minds the arrows and
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ignores the fatal echoes
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Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the
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rattle of his chains
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Verse 2
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"Oh," she said, "Casey,
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it's been so long since I've seen you"
"Here," she said,
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"Just a kiss to make a body smile"
"See," she said,
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"I've put on new stockings just to please you"
"Lord," she said, "Casey,
can you only stay a while?"
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Verse 3
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Casey leaves the under ground and stops
inside the Golden Crown
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For something wet to wipe away
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the chill that's on his bone
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Seeing his reflection in the lives
of all the lonely men
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Who reach for any thing they can
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to keep from goin' home
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Standin' in the corner, Casey,
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drinks his pint of bitter
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Never glancing in the mirror at the
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Then he stumbles as he's leaving
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and he wonders if the reason
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Is the beer that's in his belly,
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or the tear that's in his eye
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Verse 4
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"Oh," she said,
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"I suppose you seldom think about me"
"Now," she said, "Now that you've
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a family of your own"
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"Still" she said, "It's so blessed good
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to feel your body"
"Lord," she said" "Casey,
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it's a shame to be alone"
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