from the corners of the country from the cities and the farms with years and years of living
tucked up underneath their arms they walk 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 flat-top guitar they drive to town with all they own in a
hundred dollar car because one time someone told them about a friend of a friend they knew
won't

you know a studio on 16th avenue now some are born to money they've never had to say survive
and others swing a nine pound hammer just to stay alive there's cowboys drunks and christians mostly
sleep white and black and blue they've all dialed a phone collector home from 16th avenue
i've been one night in some empty room where no curtains ever hot
like a miracle some golden words roll off of someone
tongue after years of being nothing they're all looking right at you
and then for a while they'll go in style on 16th avenue
hey it looks so uneventful so quiet and discreet but a lot of lives would change down on that
little one-way street
walk away from everything just to see a dream come true
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 walk away from everything just to sing for me and you
so god bless the boys
who make the noise on 16th avenue