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Actually all of us T riders know about Charlie, because the new cards—called “CharlieTickets” and part of the overall changes that include the end of tokens and the fare increase—are named after him.

Which goes to show that the MBTA has no or a perverse sense of irony:

MBTA General Manager Michael H. Mulhern said, “The Charlie Card is symbolic of the MBTA’s efforts to transform its subway system into a more convenient and easy-to-use public transit service with a strong emphasis on the customer.”

Yeah, slower boarding times, fewer options, and higher fares: that’s what I call “emphasis on the customer.”

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M. T. A.

Let me tell you the story of a man named Charley
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:
Did he ever return? No, he never returned,
And his fate is still unlearn’d.
He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston
He’s the man who never returned.

Charley 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.”
Charley could not get off that train.

Now all night long Charley rides through the tunnels
Saying, “What will become of me?
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?”

Charley’s wife goes down to the Scollay Square station
Every day at quarter past two
And through the open window she hands Charley a sandwich
As the train comes rumblin’ through.

Now you citizens of Boston, don’t you think it’s a scandal
That the people have to pay and pay
Vote for George O’Brien and fight the fare increase
Get poor Charley off the MTA

CHORUS:
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.