THE MTA SONG 
as recorded by The Kingston Trio

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

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

Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall 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 Scollay Square Station
Every day at a quarter past two
And thru 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 a scandal
How the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase, vote for George O'Brien
And get poor Charlie off the MTA      

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John

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