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+ | ====== Charlie on the MTA ====== | ||
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+ | by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes | ||
+ | recorded in 1959 by the Kingston Trio | ||
+ | |||
+ | [These are the original lyrics. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Let me tell you the story | ||
+ | Of a man named Charley | ||
+ | On a tragic and fateful day | ||
+ | He put ten cents in his pocket, | ||
+ | Kissed his wife and family | ||
+ | Went to ride on the MTA | ||
+ | |||
+ | Charley 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." | ||
+ | Charley could not get off that train. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Chorus:** | ||
+ | Did he ever return, | ||
+ | No he never returned | ||
+ | And his fate is still unlearn' | ||
+ | He may ride forever | ||
+ | 'neath the streets of Boston | ||
+ | He's the man who never returned. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now all night long | ||
+ | Charley rides through the tunnels | ||
+ | Saying, "What will become of me? | ||
+ | How can I afford to see | ||
+ | My sister in Chelsea | ||
+ | Or my cousin in Roxbury?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Charley' | ||
+ | To the Scollay Square station | ||
+ | Every day at quarter past two | ||
+ | And through the open window | ||
+ | She hands Charley a sandwich | ||
+ | As the train comes rumblin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | [Chorus] | ||
+ | |||
+ | As his train rolled on | ||
+ | Through Greater Boston | ||
+ | Charlie looked around and sighed, | ||
+ | "Well, I'm sore and disgusted | ||
+ | And I'm absolutely busted; | ||
+ | I guess this is my last long ride." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now you citizens of Boston, | ||
+ | Don't you think it's a scandal | ||
+ | That the people have to pay and pay | ||
+ | Vote for Walter A. O' | ||
+ | And fight the fare increase | ||
+ | Get poor Charley off the MTA. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Final Chorus:** | ||
+ | Or else he'll never return, | ||
+ | No he'll never return | ||
+ | And his fate will be unlearned | ||
+ | He may ride forever | ||
+ | 'neath the streets of Boston | ||
+ | He's the man (Who's the man) | ||
+ | He's the man (Oh, the man) | ||
+ | He's the man who never returned. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---------- | ||
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+ | According to [[http:// | ||