Chuck Casey

WE WILL ALWAYS BE IN LOVE


I guess it’s kind of funny
How life has banged us around
How it’s raised us up high
Then smacked us back down

And I guess we have to wonder
How the alleys that we chose
Made some doors fly open
While others would close


Chorus
There’s so much happening in these times
No way we can figure out any reason or rhyme
But there’s one thing that we feel inside
We will always be in love
And this we can be sure of

Life’s hidden currents
Drag us along for the ride
First one way then another
We can’t escape them if we tried

So many things
Are beyond our control
Yet touch us each and every day
And leave our story full of holes


Chorus
There’s so much happening in these times
No way we can figure out any reason or rhyme
But there’s one thing that we feel inside
We will always be in love
And this we can be sure of

Bridge
I have no idea
What’s in store for us
I have no way to tell
If there’s more for us
The only thing I can say
We will always be in love
And no one can ever take this away


We cannot be certain
Of what we know
And maybe we can never be
Until we let it go

Maybe we had to let each other go
So each of us would always know
That you and I belong together
And we will share our love forever

Chorus
There’s so much happening in these times
No way we can figure out any reason or rhyme
But there’s one thing that we feel inside
We will always be in love
And this we can be sure of


Chuck Casey
Copyright 2014

TILL THE ASTEROID COME

Chorus
Here’s why every chance I get
I’m gonna grab me some of that wild fun
I wanna try everything I can ‘cause
Lord, don’t you know I’ll be working
Till the asteroid come

Big boss jerk comes hobbling in
Says I took too many breaths today
Gonna have to dock me an hour’s pay
Then corporation clown says to me as he sits right down
We found a place to store some of our toxic waste
Right here next to your little cubie space

Chorus
That’s why every chance I get
I’m gonna grab me some of that wild fun
I wanna try everything I can ‘cause
Lord, don’t you know I’ll be working
Till the asteroid come

Bridge
Oh….! There’s so much of this daily crap
It’s enough to make a grown boy weep
I’m not sure it’s worth all this misery
Just to make ends meet

See the mailman struggling over 3’ of snow
Gonna hurt himself just so the bills get through
Traffic’s at a standstill….airport’s shut down
People are like convicts….they got nowhere to go
But those so and so’s would use caribou
To make sure their damn invoices ain’t past due

Chorus
That’s why every chance I get
I’m gonna grab me some of that wild fun
I wanna do everything I can ‘cause
Lord, don’t you know I’ll be working
Till the asteroid come

Chuck Casey
Copyright 2008

THE FIRST SHOVEL OF DIRT


I was a horror back in the day
I was a torment upon a time
You know I’d always do what I’d say
Was never smart enough to get away with a crime

Things between us never did seem right
Seems like I made them crack and break
Even when we had no reason to fight
I’d still go at you and start a scrape

Chorus
I know I caused you a ton of pain
I know how often I made you hurt
So when you’re staring at my open grave
You can throw the first shovel of dirt

You say I should give thanks for what I got
When I’m alone I admit I know it
But something inside me makes me stop
And I’ll be damned if I ever show it

Chorus
I know I caused you a ton of pain
I know how often I made you hurt
So when you’re staring at my open grave
You can throw the first shovel of dirt


Bridge
There are so many things I want to say
But I will never call it confessin’
And you know you’ll never hear a cry for help
So let this be a prayer that maybe one day
I can learn to accept your love’s blessin’
And find the strength to understand myself


I’ve been trapped so long within this cage
Coping with feelings I always wanted to hide
Your love was the only hope for this lonely rage
Your love was the only cure for the sufferin’ inside

Chorus
I know I caused you a ton of pain
I know how often I made you hurt
So when you’re staring at my open grave
You can throw the first shovel of dirt



Chuck Casey
Copyright 2009

BAD TO WORSE


It came upon us one night
Like a bolt out of the blue
We looked at each other as friends
Then suddenly saw something new

It must’ve come from a hidden place
Like a comet from the dark
Blazed a trail right between us
And lit a stupid spark

Chorus
We could never plan a thing like this
Our lives would be forever cursed
‘Cause if it’s good that’s bad
And if it’s bad that’s worse

The world was turning inside out
The air around us grew hot and thin
Time was moving in a desperate way
The strength we had was giving in

Where we were headed we both knew
The moment itself was taking us
Where we were headed we both knew
The moment itself was unmaking us

Chorus
Then you said we can’t do this
Our lives would be forever cursed
‘Cause if it’s good that’s bad
And if it’s bad that’s worse


Bridge
It was a mindless drama unfolding
Playing someone else comes with major risk
If this had reached the final scene
The ending would have ruined our special gift

Thank goodness you could stop yourself
One of us needed to be strong
Because both of us would always know
What could have been so right
Would have been so wrong
What could have been so right
Would have been so very wrong

Chorus
If we had gone ahead with this
Our lives would be forever cursed
‘Cause if it’s good that’s bad
And if it’s bad that’s worse


Chuck Casey
Copyright 2013

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF


We didn’t want a long goodbye
But we sure know how to drag it out
We should enjoy every moment we can
After all the tears we’ve cried
Since we will both be ragged out
Once we’re alone again

Chorus
You wanted nothing…you wanted everything
You only wanted to give to someone else
Now we can give to each other no more
So just be good to yourself

Your passion always had a perfect stage
As long as you kept it hidden inside
Well there’s no one alive who would ever claim
That we are living in some golden age
So how do you handle a passion denied
When you only have yourself to blame?

Chorus

People say things happen for a reason
But for you and me that has not been true
Things got so crazed so fast for us
We found out things happen because they do

Chorus
Chuck Casey
Copyright 2014

BOPPIN’ DOWN THE BLOCK


Chorus
I was boppin’ down the block
With bird crap on my back

I was glowing like the Milky Sea
Yeah, I was sparkling like a jewelah
I was sliding silk so easily
As cool as cool deserved to be
So how was I supposed to know
There was a spoolah up my goulah

Chorus
I was boppin’ down the block
With bird crap on my back

My mind was seeing through its other eye
I was slinging sounds most groovo
My sun was shining in a different sky
Where I dreamed I could sit on high
Until I looked behind a cloud
And found a truvo that was screwvo

Chorus
I was boppin’ down the block
With bird crap on my back

I swear I could not miss a beat
I had no need for coinal
Then I met her on the street
She thought we'd get a bite to eat
I said I had no cash at all
So I got left forloinal in the groinal

Chorus
Well I was boppin’ down the block
With bird crap on my back


Chuck Casey
Copyright 2016

CONCRETE CUPCAKE

I get rushed…I get crushed
I get hounded and pounded
Most of the time I’m watchin’ my back
So I don’t get myself surrounded

Chorus
That’s the way it is around here
Always somethin’ comin’ atcha
It’s a rock fight all the time
Better have someone there to catch ya

Been bombarded and discarded
I’ve been supplied and denied
Gotta keep the whole world on the outs
Or I’ll get myself over-stimulied

Chorus

Bridge
You see we gotta be tough outside
We can’t make any mistakes
If people see how we really feel inside
They’ll know we’re just concrete cupcakes

You complain you can’t get through to me
That’s because I can’t trust myself
If even one person gets into me
I’ll be beggin’ for some emotional help

Chorus

Chuck Casey
Copyright 2017

DANCING A LIE



I found myself dancing
With Miss Queens NYC
Crowned circa ‘84

I was having myself a great old time
Slinging my stuff and bringing the dust
But knew it was time to drag my butt off the floor

Chorus
Dreams of this
Dreams of that
I can’t keep dancing as
My dreams roll to black

I knew it wasn’t fair to her
It was an uncool thing to do
‘Cause I knew deep down I was dancing a lie

There was no way I could keep it going
She looked so right and deserved more light
So we bumped one last time and said goodbye

Chorus
Dreams of this
Dreams of that
I can’t keep dancing as
My dreams roll to black


Bridge
I didn’t know what I was dancing for
It didn’t make any sense
The sound was building oh so fast
The scene was too immense


I knew I had to sort things out
And with a little peace and quiet
I knew I would

So I strapped myself in a little bit tighter
Scoped a C-section course correction
And hoped the rest of the trip might turn out good

Chorus
Dreams of this
Dreams of that
I can’t keep dancing as
My dreams roll to black


Chuck Casey
Copyright 2010