16th Avenue

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From the corners of the country, from the cities and the farms
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With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms
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They walk away from everything just to see a dream come true
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So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue



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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 them 'bout 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

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Ah, but then 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 on 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

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