>>7293981Let me tell you the story
Of a girl named Kiara
On a tragic and fateful day
She put ten cents in her pocket,
Kissed her wife and family
Went to ride on the MTA
Kiara handed in her dime
At the Kendall Square Station
And she changed for Jamaica Plain
When she got there the conductor told her,
"One more nickel."
Kiara could not get off that train.
Did she ever return,
No she never returned
And her fate is still unlearn'd
She may ride forever
'neath the streets of Boston
She's the bird who never returned.
Now all night long
Kiara rides through the tunnels
(the station)
Saying, "What will become of me?
Crying
How can I afford to see
My sister in Austria
Or my cousin in Australia?"
Kiara's wife goes down
To the Scollay Square station
Every day at quarter past two
And through the open window
She hands Kiara a sandwich
As the train comes rumblin' through.
As her train rolled on
underneath Greater Boston
Kiara looked around and sighed:
"Well, I'm sore and disgusted
And I'm absolutely busted;
I guess this is my last long ride."
(banjo solo)
Now you citizens of Boston,
Don't you think it's a scandal
That the people have to pay and pay
Vote for Kiryu B. O'coco
Fight the fare increase!
And fight the fare increase
Vote for Kiryu B. O'coco!
Get poor Kiara off the MTA.
Or else she'll never return,
No she'll never return
And her fate will be unlearned
She may ride forever
'neath the streets of Boston
She's the bird (Who's the bird)
She's the bird who never returned.
She's the bird (Oh, the bird)
She's the bird who never returned.
She's the bird who never returned
