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[00:07.90]Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down,
[00:13.69]The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below.
[00:20.37]Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors,
[00:25.86]Of silent desperation, never speaking to a soul.
[00:34.22]The poison air he's breathing has the dirty smell of dying,
[00:39.64]Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain.
[00:47.19]But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes,
[00:52.90]Of the clicking of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains.
[01:04.97]"Oh," she said: "Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you."
[01:14.01]"Here," she said: "just a kiss to make a body smile."
[01:23.40]"See," she said: "I've put on new stockings just to please you."
[01:32.82]"Lord," she said. "Casey, can you only stay a while."
[01:46.85]Casey leaves the underground and stops inside The Golden Crown,
[01:52.56]For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones.
[01:58.42]Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men,
[02:03.86]Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home.
[02:12.80]Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter,
[02:18.05]Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by.
[02:25.78]Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason,
[02:31.00]Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye.
[02:43.05]"Oh," she said: "I suppose you seldom think about me."
[02:52.36]"Now," she said: "now that you've a family of your own."
[03:01.43]"Still," she said: "It's so blessed good to feel your body."
[03:11.31]"Lord," she said: "Casey, it's a shame to be alone."