FROM THE COR NERS

OF THE COUN TRY

FROM THE CIT IES

AND THE FARMS

WITH YEARS AND

YEARS OF LI VIN'

TUCKED UP

UN DER NEATH THEIR ARMS

THEY WALK A WAY

FROM EVE RY THING

JUST TO SEE A

DREAM COME TRUE

SO GOD BLESS

THE BOYS WHO

MAKE THE NOISE

ON SIX TEENTH A VE NUE

WITH A

MIL LION- DOL LAR SPI RIT

AND AN OLD

FLAT- TOP GUI TAR

THEY DRIVE TO TOWN

WITH ALL THEY OWN IN A

HUN DRED- DOL LAR CAR

'CAUSE ONE TIME

SOME ONE TOLD 'EM

A BOUT A FRIEND

OF A FRIEND

THEY KNEW

WHO OWNS YOU KNOW

A STU DI O

ON SIX TEENTH A VE NUE

NOW SOME ARE

BORN TO MO NEY

THEY NE VER HAD

TO SAY SUR VIVE

AND OT HERS SWING

A NINE- POUND HAM MER

JUST TO STAY A LIVE

THERE'S COW BOYS

DRUNKS AND CHRIS TIANS

MOST LY WHITE AND

BLACK AND BLUE

THEY'VE ALL

DIALED A PHONE

COL LECT TO HOME FROM

SIX TEENTH A VE NUE

AH BUT THEN ONE NIGHT

IN SOME EMP TY ROOM

WHERE NO CUR TAINS

E VER HUNG

LIKE A MI RA CLE

SOME GOL DEN

WORDS ROLL

OFF- A

SOME ONE'S TONGUE

AND AF TER YEARS

OF BE IN' NOT HIN'

THEY'RE ALL LOO KIN'

RIGHT AT YOU

AND THEN FOR A WHILE

THEY'LL GO IN STYLE

ON SIX TEENTH A VE NUE

IT LOOKS

SO UN E VENT FUL

SO QUI ET AND DIS CREET

BUT A LOT OF LIVES

WERE CHANGED

DOWN ON THAT

LIT TLE ONE- WAY STREET

'CAUSE THEY

WALK A WAY

FROM EVE RY THING

JUST TO SEE A

DREAM COME TRUE

SO GOD BLESS

THE BOYS WHO

MAKE THE NOISE

ON SIX TEENTH A VE NUE

FROM THE COR NERS

OF THE COUN TRY

FROM THE CI TIES

AND THE FARMS

WITH YEARS AND

YEARS OF LI VIN'

TUCKED UP

UN DER NEATH THEIR ARMS

THEY WALK A WAY

FROM EVE RY THING

JUST TO SING

FOR ME AND YOU

SO GOD BLESS

THE BOYS WHO

MAKE THE NOISE

ON SIX TEENTH A VE NUE