verse 1
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Now let me tell you a story
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'bout a man named Charlie
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On this tragic & fateful day
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He put 10 cents into his pocket
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kissed his wife & family
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Went to ride on the M.T.A.
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But did he ever return?
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No, he never returned,
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And his fate is still unlearned
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He may ride forever
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'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never returned
verse 2
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Charlie handed in his dime
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At the Kendall Square Station
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And he changed for Jamaica Plain
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When he got there the conductor told him
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"One more nickel"
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Charlie couldn't get off that train
verse 3
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Now all night long Charlie
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rides thru the station
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Saying, "What will become of me?
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How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea
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Or my cousin in Roxbury?"
verse 4
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Charlie's wife goes down to
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Scollay Square Station
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Every day at a quarter past two
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And thu the open window
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she hands Charlie a sandwich
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As the train comes rumblin' thru
Verse 5
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Now you citizens of Boston,
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don't you think it is a scandal
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That the people have to pay & pay
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Fight the fare increase, vote for Walter O'Brien
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And get Charlie off the M.T.A.!