From the cities and the farms
With years and years of living
Tucked up underneath their arms
They walked away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th avenue
With a million dollar spirit
And an old flattop guitar
They drive to town with all they own
In a hundred dollar car
Cause one time someone told 'em
About a friend of a friend they knew
Who owns you know a studio
On 16th avenue
Now some were born to money
They've never had to say "survive"
And others swing a 9 pound hammer
Just to stay alive
There's cowboys drunks and christians
Mostly white and black and blue
They've all dialed the phone collect to home
From 16th avenue
Ah, but one night in some empty room
Where no curtains ever hung
Like a miracle some golden words rolled
Off of someone's tongue
And after years of being nothing
They're all looking right at you
And for a while they'll go in style
On 16th avenue
It looked so uneventful
So quiet and discreet
But a lot of lives where changed
Down in that little one way street
Cause they walk away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th avenue
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th avenue
From the corners of the country From the cities and the farms With years and years of living Tucked up underneath their arms They walked away from everything Just to see a dream come true So God bless the boys who make the noise On 16th avenue With a million dollar spirit And an old flattop guitar They drive to town with all they own In a hundred dollar car Cause one time someone told 'em About a friend of a friend they knew Who owns you know a studio On 16th avenue Now some were born to money They've never had to say "survive" And others swing a 9 pound hammer Just to stay alive There's cowboys drunks and christians Mostly white and black and blue They've all dialed the phone collect to home From 16th avenue Ah, but one night in some empty room Where no curtains ever hung Like a miracle some golden words rolled Off of someone's tongue And after years of being nothing They're all looking right at you And for a while they'll go in style On 16th avenue It looked so uneventful So quiet and discreet But a lot of lives where changed Down in that little one way street Cause they walk away from everything Just to see a dream come true So God bless the boys who make the noise On 16th avenue So God bless the boys who make the noise On 16th avenue Explain Request ×
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