M.T.A.
Composer(s): Bess Lomax Hawes;
Jacqueline Steiner
Performer(s): The Kingston Trio; Coyote Run 


Now let me tell you of the story
of a man named Charlie
On a tragic and fateful day
He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family
And went to ride on the M.T.A.

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Well did he ever return? 
No he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned

Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendell Square station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there the conductor told him, "one more nickel"
Charlie couldn't get off that train

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Now all night long Charlie rides through the station
Crying, "What will become of me?
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"

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Charlie's wife goes down to the Scolla Square station
Every day at a quarter past two
And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich
As the train comes rumbling through

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Now you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal
How the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase, vote for Walter O'Brien
And get Charlie off the M.T.A.

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