Sides face grand square
From the corners of the country, from the cities and the farms
With years and years of living, tucked underneath their arms
They walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
God bless the boys who make the noise - Allemande left and weave
With a million dollar spirit and an old flat top guitar
Swing your lady and promenade her home
They walked away from everything to see a dream come true
God bless the boys who make the noise on
16th Avenue

Heads (Sides) promenade halfway around you go
Walk in and square thru 4 hands around you know
Go all the way touch 1/4 here
Scoot back and then, the boys run right you do
Pass the ocean, all 8 circulate
The boys run right you keep this girl and promenade your date
They walked away from everything to see a dream come true
God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue

Sides face grand square
Now some were born to money, they never had to say "survive"
Others swing a nine pound hammer just to stay alive
There's cowboys, drunks and Christians, mostly white and black and blue
They all look the same while seeking fame, allemande left and weave
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
They walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
And for awhile they go in style down 16th Avenue

Sides face grand square
It looked so uneventful, so quiet and discrete
But a lot of lives were changed down on that little one way street
They walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
God bless the boys who make the noise, allemande left and weave
With a million dollar spirit and an old flat top guitar
Swing your lady and promenade her home
They walked away from everything to see a dream come true
God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue