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
