[Intro] (count-in, then a screaming sax fanfare) Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up! (horns blast) [Verse 1] Woke up freezing, twenty below Grabbed my coat and I said "let's go!" Skyways connect us, we don't even care We got the whole downtown up in the air Mississippi rolling by the Mill City ruins Stone Arch Bridge and a sax that's groovin' [Pre-Chorus] You can keep Chicago, you can keep the rest Minneapolis, baby — Midwest's the best! [Chorus] (horns! horns! horns!) City of Lakes and we're never gonna stop! Greatest little city that the Midwest's got! Purple in the streets and a beat that won't quit Grab your horn section, everybody — PICK IT UP! Whoa-oh-oh! (Minne-a-polis!) Whoa-oh-oh! (best in the Midwest!) [Sax Solo] (let it wail, way too long, gloriously) [Verse 2] First Avenue glowing, stars on the wall Paisley Park and we're having a ball Juicy Lucy dripping, cheese on the inside Ten thousand lakes and a summertime ride Spoonbridge and Cherry in the sculpture park Twins in the day and it swings after dark [Pre-Chorus] You can keep St. Louis, you can keep Detroit Minneapolis, baby — make some noise! [Chorus] (horns! horns! horns!) City of Lakes and we're never gonna stop! Greatest little city that the Midwest's got! Purple in the streets and a beat that won't quit Grab your horn section, everybody — PICK IT UP! Whoa-oh-oh! (Minne-a-polis!) Whoa-oh-oh! (best in the Midwest!) [Bridge] (half-time skank, trombone struts in) When the doves cry and the snow comes down There's nowhere else I'd rather be found Nicollet to Uptown, Lake Street to the sky Give me one good reason and I'll tell you why — (sax screams "BECAUSE—!") [Breakdown] (build it up, horns climbing, faster and faster) Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up! Everybody skank now — go! [Final Chorus] City of Lakes and we're never gonna stop! Greatest little city that the Midwest's got! Purple in the streets and a beat that won't quit Minneapolis, everybody — PICK IT UP! Whoa-oh-oh! (Minne-a-polis!) Whoa-oh-oh! (best in the Midwest!) [Outro] (one final ridiculous sax run, then a stab) Best... in the... MIDWEST! (horns) Hey!
