[Verse 1]

            
        Casey 

              
joins the holl

              
ow sound of si


lent people wa

lking down
              
        The st

             
airway to the 

              
subway in the 

   
shadows down b

elow
            
        Follow

              
ing their foot

              
steps through 

   
the neon darke

ned corridors
             
        Of sil

              
ent desperatio

          
n,never speaki

ng to a soul


[Verse 2]

             
        The po

              
ison air he's 

              
breathing has 

    
a dirty smell 

of dying
              
        Cause 

            
it's never see

              
n the sunshine

            
 and it's neve

r felt the rai

n
             
        But Ca

             
sey minds the 

            
arrows and ign

ores the fatal

 echoes
              
        Of the

             
 clicking of t

              
he turnstile a

             
nd the rattle 

          
of his chains


[Bridge 1]

             
        "Oh", 

              
she said "Case

              
y it's been so

              
 long since I'

        
ve seen you"
              
        "Here"

              
, she said "Ju

              
st a kiss to m

             
ake a body smi

le"
              
        "See",

              
 she said "I'v

              
e put on new s

              
tockings just 

           
to please you"
              
        "Lord"

              
, she said "Ca

              
sey can you on

           
ly stay a whil

e"


[Verse 3]

            
        Casey 

              
leaves the und

              
erground and s


tops inside th

e golden crown
              
        For so

             
mething wet to

              
 wipe away the

   
 chill that's 

on his bones
            
        Seeing

              
 his reflectio

           
n in the lives

 of all the lo

nely men
              
        Who re

             
ach for anythi

              
ng they can to

  
 keep from goi

ng home


[Verse 4]

             
        Standi

              
ng in the corn

           
er,Casey drink

s his pint of 

bitter
              
        Never 

            
glancing in th

              
e mirror at th

    
e people passi

ng by
              
        Then h

            
e stumbles as 

              
he's leaving a

       
nd he wonders 

if the reason
              
        Is the

             
 beer that's i

              
n his belly or

             
 the tear that

          
's in his eye


[Bridge 2]

             
        "Oh", 

              
she said "I su

              
ppose you seld

              
om think about

 
 me"
              
        "Now",

              
 she said "Now

              
 that you've a

              
 family of you

   
r own"
              
        "Still

              
", she said "I

              
t's so blessed

              
 good to feel 

      
your body"
              
        "Lord"

              
, she said "Ca

              
sey it's a sha

             
me to be alone

      
"