Well let me tell you of a story bout a man named Charlie on a tragic and fateful day
He put ten cents in his pockets, kissed his wife and family, took a ride on the MTA

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But 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 Kendal Square Station and he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there the conductor said ONE MORE NICKEL, Charlie couldn't get off of that train
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Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculy Square Station every day at a quarter passed two
And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train goes a rumblin' through
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Well all night long Charlie rides through that station crying what will become of me?
How can I ever afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Roxbury?
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Well all 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 MARC J RYAN get poor Charlie off the MTA
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