The M.T.A.-The Kingston Trio

[ti:The M.T.A.] [ar:The Kingston Trio] [al:Greatest Hits Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The M.T.A. - The Kingston Trio [00:10.05]Well let me tell you of the story of a man [00:12.75]Named Charlie [00:13.71]On a tragic and fateful day [00:16.78]He put ten cents in his pocket [00:18.48]Kissed his wife and family [00:20.42]Went to ride on the MTA [00:23.41]Well did he ever return [00:25.10]No he never returned [00:26.85]And his fate is still unlearned [00:30.29]He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston [00:33.85]And he's the man who never returned [00:37.09]Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square station [00:40.65]And he changed for Jamaica Plain [00:43.79]When he got there the conductor told him [00:46.03]One more nickel [00:47.28]Charlie couldn't get off of that train [00:50.59]But did he ever return [00:52.34]No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned [00:57.46]He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston [01:00.90]He's the man who never returned [01:04.16]Now all night long Charlie rides through the station [01:07.77]Crying What will become of me [01:10.77]How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea [01:14.64]Or my cousin in Roxbury [01:17.76]But did he ever return [01:19.45]No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned [01:24.72]He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston [01:28.02]He's the man who never returned [01:33.09]Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square station [01:36.54]Every day at quarter past two [01:39.72]And through the open window [01:41.55]She hands Charlie a sandwich [01:43.48]As the train comes rumbling through [01:46.54]But did he ever return [01:48.29]No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned [01:53.42]He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston [01:56.85]He's the man who never returned [02:15.32]Now ye citizens of Boston [02:17.57]Don't you think it's a scandal [02:19.07]How the people have to pay and pay [02:22.00]Fight the fare increase [02:23.56]Vote for George O'Brian [02:25.43]Get poor Charlie off the MTA [02:28.82]Or else he'll never return [02:30.44]No he'll never return and his fate is still unlearned [02:35.32]He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston [02:39.19]He's the man who never returned [02:42.64]He's the man who never returned [02:46.01]He's the man who never returned