Reprinted with the kind permission of the author.

Let me tell you all a story 'bout a man named Charlie
And his fight with the EPA
He kissed his wife goodbye, and left for work one morning
And he ain't come home to this day

Oh, he never returned, no he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned (oh, poor Charlie)
He may drive forever on the streets of Seattle
He's the man who never returned

Now Charlie had a car, one of 10 Most Wanted
On a list by the EPA
Well, they caught him and they fined him, and when that didn't stop him
They towed Charlie's car away

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Well, he swore they'd never get him again for polluting
So he bought an electric car
It went pretty fast along the streets of Seattle
But it just didn't get him that far

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He was following one 'o them electrified buses
when a thought entered into his brain
So he rigged a couple poles goin' out thru the sunroof
And his life's never been the same

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Now he flies up the hills and down the streets of Seattle
His EV's got an infinite range
And he never has to think about the cost of his driving
With no batteries to charge or change

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Charlie is a grinning, but his poor wife's a moaning,
"Oh what's to become of me."
He's never gonna stop because Charlie's such a miser
He'll never quit if driving it is free

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There's wires everywhere along the streets of Seattle
But there's one place they just don't roam
So we're passing the hat to get the trolley lines extended
To route poor Charlie back home

refrain (from doing this :-)

Lee Hart Robbinsdale, MN 55422 USA e-mail XURQ03A@prodigy.com The Man Who Never Recharged	So you wanted humor, did you :-) My apologies to the Kingston Trio, for this terrible parody of their ?? Street Protest Song (I think)
[Mr. Hart is right -- his little ditty is to the tune of "MTA," ©1964 by songwriters Bess Haes and Jacqueline Steiner, but it was popularized by the Kingston Trio -- Ed.]