Casey, 50

'Permission to Play'

“I’ve been living on the streets about four years. I got divorced, it put me into a tailspin. I was living up on Foothill, married to a nurse. I wouldn’t change anything, though, because I really like who I am today. If I hadn’t been through all that I wouldn’t be who I am today. It’s tricky, the timing, trying to get into the shelters and still have a bed. I’m getting ready to get on the bus to get a ride downtown to go see my barber. Sometimes I can play in front of a grocery store, I’ll ask and get permission to play for 30 minutes or so, sometimes I can play for a while and make 25 or 30 bucks, it helps me with my expenses.”

‘Let it  Burn’ by Casey (listen by scanning the QR code)

Let it burn

Let it burn

Let it burn

Let it burn me to the ground

Matches falling down all around me

Let it burn

Let it burn me to the ground

Make me a better man somehow

Let it burn

Let me burn

Myself to the ground

Let me burn

Let me burn

Hold me fire let it burn

Let me burn

Lighting of the fire

Let it burn eternal fire

Let it burn sweet desire

Let it burn

Ohhhh, Ooooooh, Ohhhhh

Let it burn

Let it burn

Photograph, video and story documented by Kelly Hannah.