Boston Asphalt

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Searching for the best break the black forties could afford them Came these ever-proud, world-renowned rowdy, roving men With a firmness and a purpose that so many did dismiss Sailed these huddled human ballasts on their stinking coffin ships [Chorus] From the prison of their lonely hearts they labored long and hard A poor, needy, downtrodden, rough and ready sod Working 18 hour days for the B.A.C The B.A.C [Verse 2] Intelligent, respectable, but made of modest means With an independent spirit, so full of hopes and dreams Opportunity denied them in a doomed and starving land Came these openhearted kindly spirits of a truly threatened man [Chorus] From the prison of their lonely hearts they labored long and hard A poor, needy, downtrodden, rough and ready sod Working 18 hour days for the B.A.C The B.A.C [Verse 1] Searching for the best break the black forties could afford them Came these ever-proud, world-renowned rowdy, roving men With a firmness and a purpose that so many did dismiss Sailed these huddled human ballasts on their stinking coffin ships [Chorus] From the prison of their lonely hearts they labored long and hard A poor, needy, downtrodden, rough and ready sod Working 18 hour days for the B.A.C The B.A.C The B.A.C The B.A.C