Hilary Blue wrote:
>
> Leta Anderson wrote:
> >
> > I think it was Charlie who "rode forever on the MTA"
> >
> >_________________________________________________
> >
> M.T.A .
>
> Let us tell you the story of a man named Charlie
> On a tragic and fateful day,
> He put 10c in his pocket, kissed his wife and family,
> Went to ride on the M.T.A.
>
> Did he esver return, no he never returned,
> And his fate is still unlearned,
> He will ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston,
> He's the man who never returned.
>
> Charlie handed in his dime at the Keneall Square Station
> ANd he changed for Jamaica Plain.
> WHen he got there the conductor told him one more nickel
> Charlie couldnt get off that train.
> Chorus
>
> Now, all night long Charie rides through the tunnel
> Saying 'what will become of me?
> How can I afford to see my sister ion Chelsea,
> Or my cousin in Roxbury?'
>
> Chorus
>
> Charlie's wife goes down to SEolly Square Station
> Every day at a quarter past two
> And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich
> As the train comes rumbling through.
>
> Chorus
>
> Now, ye citizens of Boston, don't you think its a scandal
> THat the peopolehave to pay and pay
> Fight the fare increases, fightthje fare increase
> And get Charlie off the M.T.A.
>
> Chorus.
>
> I've often wondered, in th e years since I learned that song - why Charlie's
> wife didn't just give him a nickel together with his sandwich?
>
> Hilary Blue
....'HE WILL RIDE FOREVER
THROUGH THE STREETS OF BOSTON
HE'S THE MAN
WHO NEVER RETURNED'
