***** Einfach und gefühlvoll gehaltenes Cover nur mit Gitarre und der hohen Tenorstimme von dem amerikanischen Liedermacher.<br>Hat auch in dieser Version hohe Intensität und überwältigt geeradezu mit seinem Gefühl von Verlassenheit und Lebensverzweiflung. Liegt natürlich auch an dem ziemlich schnörkellosen Text:<br><br>"Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down<br>The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below<br>Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors<br>Of silent desperation, never speakin' to a soul<br>The poison air he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dying<br>'Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain<br>But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes<br>Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains<br><br>Oh! she said, Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you!<br>Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile!<br>See she said, I've put on new stockings just to please you!<br>Lord! she said, Casey, can you only stay a while?<br><br>Casey leaves the under-ground and stops inside the Golden Crown<br>For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone<br>Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men<br>Who reach for any thing they can to keep from goin' home<br>Standin' in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter<br>Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by<br>Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason<br>Is the beer that's in his belly, or the tear that's in his eye<br><br>Oh! she said, Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you!<br>Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile!<br>See she said, I've put on new stockings just to please you!<br>Lord! she said, Casey, can you only stay a while? |