Flip the grill and watch the steam
City wakes up from a dream
Coffee black and sugar sweet
I see him gliding o'er the street
Red and blue against the gray
Chasing ghosts of yesterday
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Sailing through the golden light
Holding on to what we knew
Painting every skyline blue
Sailing through the golden light
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Regulars sit in the booth
Looking for a bitter truth
He swings past the window pane
A flash of hope inside the rain
Slinging webs across the sky
While the midnight hours fly by
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Sailing through the golden light
Holding on to what we knew
Painting every skyline blue
Sailing through the golden light
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Salty grease and diner plates
Watching how the city waits
He saves a kid or stops a car
From a distance, he's a star
Just a kid in a spandex suit
Searching for a deeper root
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Sailing through the golden light
Holding on to what we knew
Painting every skyline blue
Sailing through the golden light
Caught in the concrete web tonight
High above the taxi horns
Where the heavy spirit warns
One wrong move and it's a fall
But he answers every call
Tied to a city that he loves
Watching from the clouds above
Wipe the counter, dim the glare
Cold wind biting through the air
He lands soft upon the roof
A quiet kind of living proof
The diner closes, lights go low
Now I watch the hero go
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Sailing through the golden light
Holding on to what we knew
Painting every skyline blue
Sailing through the golden light
Caught in the concrete web tonight
Just another night on shift.
Keep swinging, kid.
Keep swinging.
