16th Avenue(Rerecorded)-Lacy J. Dalton

[ti:16th Avenue (Re-Recorded Version)] [ar:Lacy J Dalton] [al:Country Powerhouse Lacy J Dalton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]16th Avenue(Rerecorded) - Lacy J. Dalton [00:07.47]From the corners of the country [00:09.95] [00:10.67]From the cities and the farms [00:13.24] [00:13.84]With years and years of living [00:16.90]Tucked up underneath their arms [00:20.69] [00:21.41]They walk away from everything [00:23.85]Just to see a dream come true [00:26.56] [00:27.15]So god bless the boys who make the noise [00:30.67]On 16th avenue [00:33.25] [00:35.45]With a million dollar spirit [00:38.73]And an old flattop guitar [00:41.25] [00:42.02]They drive to town with all they own [00:45.37]In a hundred dollar car [00:47.80] [00:48.89]Cause one time someone told them [00:51.66]About a friend of a friend they knew [00:54.24] [00:55.10]Who owns you know a studio [00:57.98]On 16th avenue [01:00.37] [01:02.84]Now some were born to money [01:06.02]They've never had to say survive [01:08.91] [01:09.50]And others swing a 9 pound hammer [01:13.08] [01:13.59]Just to stay alive [01:15.56] [01:16.07]Theres cowboys drunks and christians [01:18.95]Mostly white and black and blue [01:21.74] [01:22.38]They've all dialed the phone collect to home [01:25.84]From 16th avenue [01:28.13] [01:37.16]Ah but then one night in some empty room [01:40.27]Where no curtains ever hung [01:42.59] [01:43.46]Like a miracle some golden words [01:47.03]Rolled off of someones tongue [01:49.59] [01:50.25]And after years of being nothing [01:53.06]They're all looking right at you [01:56.04] [01:56.80]And for a while they'll go in style [02:00.05]On 16th avenue [02:02.87] [02:05.15]It looked so uneventful [02:07.52] [02:08.09]So quiet and discreet [02:10.89] [02:11.49]But a lot of lives where changed [02:13.68]Down on that little one way street [02:17.73]Cause they walk away from everything [02:20.99]Just to see a dream come true [02:23.61] [02:24.27]So god bless the boys who make the noise [02:27.66]On 16th avenue [02:30.05] [02:39.01]From the corners of the country [02:41.86]From the cities and the farms [02:44.70] [02:45.33]With years and years of living [02:48.13]Tucked up underneath their arms [02:51.36] [02:52.35]They walk away from everything [02:54.78]Just to see a dream and you [02:57.14] [02:57.84]So god bless the boys