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