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 [00:07.63]From the corners of the country [00:10.19] [00:10.94]From the cities and the farms [00:13.56] [00:14.31]With years and years of living [00:17.24]Tucked up underneath their arms [00:20.25] [00:21.69]They walk away from everything [00:24.44]Just to see a dream come true [00:26.74] [00:27.37]So God bless the boys who make the noise [00:30.92]On 16th Avenue [00:33.36] [00:35.85]With a million dollar spirit [00:38.23] [00:38.97]And an old flattop guitar [00:41.47] [00:42.22]They drive to town with all they own [00:45.84]In a hundred dollar car [00:48.21] [00:49.14]'Cause one time someone told them [00:51.83]About a friend of a friend they knew [00:54.32] [00:55.26]Who owns you know a studio [00:58.88]On 16th Avenue [01:00.75] [01:03.25]Now some were born to money [01:05.74] [01:06.30]They've never had to say “Survive” [01:09.74]And others swing a 9 pound hammer [01:13.67]Just to stay alive [01:16.23]There's cowboys drunks and Christians [01:19.10]Mostly white and black and blue [01:21.72] [01:22.41]They've all dialed the phone collect to home [01:25.52] [01:26.34]From 16th Avenue [01:28.58] [01:37.32]Ah but then one night in some empty room [01:40.50]Where no curtains ever hung [01:42.62] [01:43.81]Like a miracle some golden words [01:47.12]Rolled off of someone's tongue [01:50.36]And after years of being nothing [01:53.23]They're all looking right at you [01:56.16] [01:56.85]And for a while they'll go in style [02:00.53]16th On Avenue [02:02.46] [02:05.09]It looked so uneventful [02:07.46] [02:08.40]So quiet and discreet [02:10.70] [02:11.58]But a lot of lives where changed [02:14.32]Down on that little one way street [02:17.50] [02:18.07]'Cause they walk away from everything [02:21.31]Just to see a dream come true [02:23.68] [02:24.43]So God bless the boys who make the noise [02:27.92]On 16th Avenue [02:30.42] [02:39.16]From the corners of the country [02:41.47] [02:42.28]From the cities and the farms [02:44.77] [02:45.53]With years and years of living [02:48.46]Tucked up underneath their arms