(pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!)
VERSE
four a.m. with the fryer hummingwire racks shining row by rownight nurse knows that I'm always comingbox of twelve and away we goI'm no seven-tier in a windowno sparklers going off on topI'm the one you grab without lookingthe first one in and the last to stop
CHORUS
I got a hole in the middle (hey! hey!)but I'm whole where it counts (whole where it counts!)clocking in at the counter (hey! hey!)and I never miss my rounds (never miss my rounds!)so pass me down the line now (oi! oi!)one dozen at a time (one dozen at a time!)I got a hole in the middleand the middle's doing fine
VERSE
punching in for the early shiftwatch me spinning up the glasslions roar, whole galaxies rain downI'll be back before an hour has passedsome nights I land by the hundredsame little ring in a conga lineyou only count the dozen when one goes missingso I keep the dozen at twelve every time
CHORUS
I got a hole in the middle (hey! hey!)but I'm whole where it counts (whole where it counts!)clocking in at the counter (hey! hey!)and I never miss my rounds (never miss my rounds!)so pass me down the line now (oi! oi!)one dozen at a time (one dozen at a time!)I got a hole in the middleand the middle's doing fine
HORN BREAK
(doughnut!) (doughnut!) (oi! oi! oi!)
BRIDGE
you keep asking where my middle wentlike somebody took a bitenothing's missing, check the blueprintthe hole is how you hold me righta circle doesn't need a centerask the wheel, ask the ring, ask the sunI've been coming back around foreverthat's the job, and the job gets done
CHORUS
I got a hole in the middle (hey! hey!)but I'm whole where it counts (whole where it counts!)clocking in at the counter (hey! hey!)and I never miss my rounds (never miss my rounds!)so pass me down the line now (oi! oi!)one dozen at a time (one dozen at a time!)I got a hole in the middleand the middle's doing fine
OUTRO
(doing my rounds, doing my rounds)same time tomorrow (same time tomorrow!)same time tomorrow (same time tomorrow!)(pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!)