16th Avenue

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



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song

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

G  G/F  Em  D  G

Repeat 1st verse and fade