There's a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm
That pitter pats through my brain
So darn persistent, the day isn't distant
When it will drive me insane
Comes in the morning without any warning
And hangs around me all day
I'll have to sneak up to it, some day I'll speak up to it
I hope it listens when I say
Fascinating rhythm, you got me on the go
Fascinating rhythm, I'm all a quiver
What a mess you're making, the neighbors want to know
Why I'm all shaking just like a flivver
Each morning I get up with the sun
Start a-hopping, never stopping
To find at night no work has been done
I know that once it didn't matter, but now you're doing wrong
When you start to patter, I'm so unhappy
Won't you take a day off, decide to run along
Somewhere far away off and make it snappy
Oh how I long to be the man I used to be
Fascinating rhythm, you've got to stop picking on me
Fascinating rhythm, you've got to stop picking on me