[00:08.79]Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down,
[00:14.18]The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below.
[00:20.96]Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors,
[00:25.99]Of silent desperation, never speaking to a soul.
[00:34.71]The poison air he's breathing has the dirty smell of dying,
[00:40.08]Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain.
[00:47.86]But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes,
[00:52.84]Of the clicking of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains.
[01:02.77]
[01:05.37]"Oh," she said: "Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you."
[01:14.39]"Here," she said: "just a kiss to make a body smile."
[01:23.52]"See," she said: "I've put on new stockings just to please you."
[01:32.86]"Lord," she said. "Casey, can you only stay a while."
[01:40.63]
[01:47.13]Casey leaves the underground and stops inside The Golden Crown,
[01:52.55]For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones.
[01:58.68]Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men,
[02:04.31]Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home.
[02:12.94]Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter,
[02:17.96]Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by.
[02:25.59]Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason,
[02:31.01]Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye.
[02:40.00]
[02:42.97]"Oh," she said: "I suppose you seldom think about me."
[02:51.95]"Now," she said: "now that you've a family of your own."
[03:00.99]"Still," she said: "It's so blessed good to feel your body."
[03:10.66]"Lord," she said: "Casey, it's a shame to be alone."