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A fella went down to the MTA train and when he got there he found out he had to pay a nickle to get off the train after he had already paid to get on - he was very unhappy as now he had to live on the train as he had no money to pay this extra fare.

The M.T.A. Song

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Well let me tell you a story ‘bout a man named Charlie

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On a trag-ic and fate-ful day

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He put ten cents in his pock-et, kissed his wife and family,

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Went to ride on the M. T. A

CHORUS

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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 for – ev – er ‘neath the streets of Bost – on

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He’s the man who nev-er re-turned

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Char-lie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station,

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Got a train for Jamaica Plains

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When he got there the conductor told him One more nickel!

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Char-lie could-n’t get off that train CHORUS

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Now all night long Char-lie rides through the the sta-tion

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Crying, “What will be-come of me

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How can I af-ford to see my sist-er in Chel-sea

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Or my cous-in in Roxbury? CHORUS

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Charlie’s wife goes down to the Kendal Square Station

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Every day at quarter past two

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And through the op-en window she hands

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Charlie a sandwich as the train goes rumblin through

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Now you citizens of Boston don’t you think it’s a scandal

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How the people have to pay and pay

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Fight the fare in-crease Fight the fare in-crease

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Get poor Charlie off the M T A