16th Avenue-Lacy J Dalton

[ti:16th Avenue] [ar:Lacy J. Dalton] [al:Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]16th Avenue - Lacy J Dalton [00:07.57]From the corners of the country [00:10.38]From the cities and the farms [00:14.19]With years and years of living [00:17.13]Tucked up underneath their arms [00:21.57]They walk away from everything [00:23.76]Just to see a dream come true [00:27.26]So God bless the boys who make the noise [00:30.69]On 16th Avenue [00:33.69] [00:35.69]With a million dollar spirit [00:39.07]And an old flattop guitar [00:42.38]They drive to town with all they own [00:45.88]In a hundred dollar car [00:48.38] [00:49.32]'Cause one time someone told them [00:52.26]About a friend of a friend they knew [00:55.75]Who owns you know a studio [00:58.76]On 16th Avenue [01:01.75] [01:04.01]Now some were born to money [01:07.13]They've never had to say “Survive” [01:10.76]And others swing a 9 pound hammer [01:14.01]Just to stay alive [01:17.26]There's cowboys drunks and Christians [01:20.07]Mostly white and black and blue [01:23.57]They've all dialed the phone collect to home [01:27.07]From 16th Avenue [01:30.47] [01:38.72]Ah but then one night in some empty room [01:41.79]Where no curtains ever hung [01:45.22]Like a miracle some golden words [01:48.47]Rolled off of someone's tongue [01:51.85]And after years of being nothing [01:54.41]They're all looking right at you [01:58.28]And for a while they'll go in style [02:01.97]On 16th Avenue [02:05.96] [02:07.20]It looked so uneventful [02:10.02]So quiet and discreet [02:13.40]But a lot of lives where changed [02:16.02]Down on that little one way street [02:20.16]'Cause they walk away from everything [02:23.35]Just to see a dream come true [02:26.72]So God bless the boys who make the noise [02:30.10]On 16th Avenue [02:35.16] [02:41.91]From the corners of the country [02:45.16]From the cities and the farms [02:48.53]With years and years of living [02:51.53]Tucked up underneath their arms