Fascinating Rhythm

<br>Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm<br><br>That pit-a-pats through my brain;<br><br>So darn persistent,<br><br>The day isnt distant<br><br>When itll drive me insane.<br><br>Comes in the morning<br><br>Without any warning,<br><br>And hangs around me all day.<br><br>Ill have to sneak up to it<br><br>Someday, and speak up to it.<br><br>I hope it listens when I say:<br><br><br><br>Refrain:<br><br>Fascinating rhythm,<br><br>Youve got me on the go!<br><br>Fascinating rhythm,<br><br>Im all a-quiver.<br><br><br><br>When a mess youre making!<br><br>The neighbours want to know<br><br>Why Im always shaking<br><br>Just like a flivver.<br><br><br><br>Each morning I get up with the sun -<br><br>Start a-hopping,<br><br>Never stopping -<br><br>To find at night no work has been done.<br><br><br><br>I know that<br><br>Once it didnt matter -<br><br>But now youre doing wrong;<br><br>When you start to patter<br><br>Im so unhappy.<br><br><br><br>Wont you take a day off? <br><br>Decide to run along<br><br>Somewhere far away off -<br><br>And make it snappy!<br><br><br><br>Oh, how I long to be the man I used to be!<br><br>Fascinating rhythm,<br><br>On wont you stop picking on me?