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Now let me tell you a story '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, kissed his wife and family
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Went to ride on the M.T.A.
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But did he ever return? No, he never returned,
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And his fate is still un-learned
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He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never re-turned
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Charlie handed in his dime 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 "One more nickel"
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Charlie couldn't get off that train
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But did he ever return? No, he never returned,
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And his fate is still un-learned
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He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never re-turned
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Now all night long Charlie rides through 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 Roxbu-ry?"
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But did he ever return? No, he never returned,
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And his fate is still un-learned
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He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never re-turned
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Charlie's wife goes down to Scollay Square Station
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Every day at a quarter past two
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And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich
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As the train comes rumblin' through
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But did he ever return? No, he never returned,
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And his fate is still un-learned
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He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never re-turned
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Now you citizens of Boston, don't you think it is a scandal
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That the people have to pay and pay
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Fight the fare increase, vote for George O'Brien
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And get Charlie off the M.T.A.!
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But did he ever return? No, he never returned,
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and his fate is still un-learned
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He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never re-turned x2
