Cue Sheet | - OPENER Mainstream
Sides face grand square From the corners of the country From the cities and the farms With years and years of living Tucked up underneath their arms 4 ladies promenade, get home and swing Swing your lady, promenade God bless the boys who make the noise On Sixteenth Avenue
- FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
Heads (sides) star thru, pass thru Circle four make a line, go in and back Pass thru, wheel & deal, centers star thru Pass thru, cloverleaf in time New centers square thru 3 hands That corner you swing, swing that lady, promenade God bless the boys who make the noise On Sixteenth Avenue
- MIDDLE BREAK
Sides face grand square (32 beat musical interlude) 4 ladies promenade, swing your own Swing that lady, promenade God bless the boys who make the noise On Sixteenth Avenue
- CLOSER
Sides face grand square Ah, but then one night in some musty room With the curtains never hung Like a miracle some golden words Rolled off of someone's tongue 4 ladies promenade, swing your own Swing that lady, promenade And for a while, they'll go in style On Sixteenth Avenue
- TAG
God bless the boys who make the noise On Sixteenth Avenue
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Lyrics |
From the corners of the country
From the cities and the farms
With years and years of living
Tucked up underneath their arms
They walked away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th Avenue
With a million dollar spirit
And an old flattop guitar
They drive to town with all they own
In a hundred dollar car
'Cause one time someone told them
About a friend of a friend they knew
Who owns, you know, a studio
On 16th Avenue
Now some were born to money
They've never had to say "Survive"
And others swing a 9 pound hammer
Just to stay alive
There's cowboys, drunks, and Christians
Mostly white and black and blue
They've all dialed the phone collect to home
From 16th Avenue
Ah, but one night in some empty room
Where no curtains ever hung
Like a miracle, some golden words
Rolled off of someone's tongue
And after years of being nothing
They're all looking right at you
And for a while, they'll go in style
On 16th Avenue
It looked so uneventful
So quiet and discreet
But a lot of lives were changes
Down in that little one-way street
'Cause they walk away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th Avenue
From the corners of the country
From the cities and the farms
With years and years of living
Tucked up underneath their arms
They walked away from everything
Just to see a dream come true
So God bless the boys who make the noise
On 16th Avenue
Lyrics by Thom Schuyler. Recorded by Lacy J. Dalton. |