What song is that?
The phrase "he'll never return and his fate is still" is a line from the song "MTA" by the Kingston Trio. The song is about a man named Charlie who is stranded on a train because he doesn't have enough money to pay the exit fare. The song's chorus asks "Did he ever return? No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned".
This is a story song about a man named Charlie, who finds himself trapped on the Boston subway system, known at the time as the M.T.A. The song was originally recorded as a mayoral campaign song for Progressive Party candidate Walter A. O'Brien Jr. The song has become so entrenched in Boston folklore that the Boston-area transit authority named its electronic card-based fare collection system the “CharlieCard” as a tribute.
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