From the corners of the country
From the cities and the farms
With years and years of living
Tucked up underneath their arms
Chorus:
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
Theyve never had to say 'survive'
And others swing a 9 pound hammer
Just to stay alive
Theres cowboys drunks and christians
Mostly white and black and blue
Theyve 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 someones tongue
And after years of being nothing
Theyre all looking right at you
And for a while theyll 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
Chorus:
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
16th Avenue