Lyrics to
Casey’s Last Ride

This version of Casey’S Last Ride was released by Waylon Jennings in 1971.

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Casey joins the hollow sound
Of silent people walkin’ 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 the dirty smell of dyin’
‘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 turn stops
And the rattle of his 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 stocking 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 in his bones.

Seeing his reflection
In the lives of all the lonely men
Who reach for anything they can
To keep from goin’ home.

Standing in the corner
Casey drinks his final bitter
Never glancing in the mirror
At the people passing by.

Then 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. hmm…

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About Lyrics and Casey’S Last Ride by Waylon Jennings

The lyrics for Casey’S Last Ride are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Waylon Jennings. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Casey’S Last Ride have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Casey’S Last Ride - Waylon Jennings and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Casey’S Last Ride by Waylon Jennings in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Casey’S Last Ride" means the words set to the music of Casey’S Last Ride, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Waylon Jennings. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Casey’S Last Ride and the lyrics to Casey’S Last Ride are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Waylon Jennings who came here looking just for the lyrics to Casey’S Last Ride, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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