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# transcription of the lyrics in will holt's unedited recording of M.T.A. this is a song of protest from boston it is about the mta, which is a subway system in that city the fact that they raised the price of a transfer to five cents this caused social upheaval in boston civil disobedience and this revolutionary song which i'd like to sing with its original fire and vigor and fervor let me tell you the story of a man named charlie on a tragic and fateful day he put ten cents in his pocket kissed his wife and family went to ride on the mta. [chorus] 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 kendall square station, and he changed for jamaica plain when he got there the conductor told him, 'one more nickel' charlie couldn't get off that train. [chorus] now all night long charlie rides through the tunnel saying, "what will become of me? how can i afford to see my sister in chelsea or my cousin in roxbury?" [chorus] charlie's wife goes down to the scollay square station every day at quarter past two and through the open window she hands charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumbling through. [chorus] now, you citizens of boston, don't you think it's a scandal that the people have to pay and pay? vote for walter j o'brien, fight the fare increase get charlie off the mta! or else he'll never return no he'll never return and his fate will be unlearned he may ride forever 'neath the streets of boston he's the man (who's the man) he's the man (oh the man) he's the man who never returned [edited version just cuts the "vote for walter j o'brien" part]