CHARLIE ON THE METRO BUS

Now let me tell you of a story ‘bout a man named Charlie,
Who was never know to make a fuss,
He put Orca in his pocket,kissed his wife and family,
Went to ride the Metro bus

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But did he ever return? No, he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned (Poor Old Charlie!)
He may wait forever at a downtown bus stop
He’s the man who never returned.

Charlie tagged his card in the Rainier Valley
He was headed for Delridge Way
But when he tried to transfer he just waited and waited
Cause they’d taken the route away.

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All might long Charlie waits at the bus stop
Saying, ‘What will become of us?’
How can I ever manage to get to my job
If I’m always gonna miss this bus?

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Charlie calls his wife every evening a seven
She says, ‘Where are you, tell me where!’
Charlie says to her, ‘I’m still just waiting.
For a bus that can take me there.’

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Good people of Seattle, don’t you think it’s a scandal,
That they are cutting bus service this way?
Fight for better transit and for decent wages
And get to his job today!

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Or else he’ll never return, No he’ll never return
And his fate will be unlearned(Poor Old Charlie)
He will wait forever at a downtown bus stop
He’s the man who never returned.