Midtown

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a jackhammer rattles and a tower crane swings steel; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the hammer and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Glass going up where the cranes never rest,
Midtown rebuilding its own restless chest;
jackhammer rattling the morning awake,
the skyline climbing for the climbing's sake.

[Chorus]
Midtown, Midtown, hammer and rise,
the cranes keep swinging across the skies;
build, build, build, never done,
the restless heart of a city on the run.

[Verse 2]
Piedmont green where the towers lean in,
the Pride and the parks and the perpetual din;
another foundation, another floor,
Midtown can never stop wanting more.

[Chorus]
Midtown, Midtown, hammer and rise,
the cranes keep swinging across the skies;
build, build, build, never done,
the restless heart of a city on the run.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the jackhammer rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]