Egoism
Individualism
Sovereignty
Splendor

(These ideas are explicated in this sloppy manifesto)

Sunday, August 07, 2005
 
SplendorQuest: 16th Avenue

This is more on country song writing. This is a country song about writing country songs, a sweet tip of the hat to the boys (mostly) who do that awful job. The song was recorded by Lacy J. Dalton, and you can find it on her Greatest Hits collection.
16th Avenue

by Tom Schuyler

From the corners of the country
From the cities and the farms
With years and years of living
Tucked up underneath their arms
They walk 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
TheyÕve never had to say "Survive"
And others swing a 9 pound hammer
Just to stay alive
ThereÕs cowboys drunks and Christians
Mostly white and black and blue
TheyÕve all dialed the phone collect to home
From 16th Avenue

Ah, but then one night in some empty room
Where no curtains ever hung
Like a miracle some golden words
Rolled off of someoneÕs tongue
And after years of being nothing
TheyÕre all looking right at you
And for a while theyÕll go in style
On 16th Avenue

It looked so uneventful
So quiet and discreet
But a lot of lives where changed
Down on 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





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