You Can't Stop the Beat (From "Hairspray")

You Can't Stop the Beat - Musical Cast Recording/Original Cast/Original Cast Recording

You can't stop an avalanche as it races down the hill

You can try to stop the seasons girl but you know you never will

And you can try to stop my dancing feet but I just cannot stand still

Cause the world keeps spinning round and round

And my heart's keeping time to the speed of the sound

I was lost till I heard the drums then I found my way

Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since this whole world began

A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man

So now I'm gonna shake and shimmy it the best that I can today

Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky

You can wonder if you wanna but I never ask why

And if you try to hold me down I'm gonna spit in

That you can't stop the beat

You can't stop the river as it rushes to the sea

You can try to stop the hands of time

But you know it just can't be

And if they try to stop us seaweed

I'll call the N double A C P

Cause the world keeps spinning round and round

And my heart's keeping time to the speed of sound

I was lost till I heard the drums then I found my way

Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since we first saw the light

A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night

So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today

Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above

You can try to stop the paradise were dreamin of

But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay

Cause you can't stop the beat

You can't stop my happiness cause I like the way I am

And you just can't stop my knife and fork when I see a Christmas ham

And if you don't like the way I look well I just don't give a damn

Cause the world keeps spinning round and round

And my hearts keepin time to the speed of sound

I was lost till I heard the drums then I found my way

Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since this whole world began

A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man

So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it the best that I can today

Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky

You can wonder if you wanna but I never ask why

And you can try to hold me down but I'll spit in your eye and say

That you can't stop the beat

Oh oh oh

You can't stop today no

As it comes speeding around the track oooh child yes

Yesterday is history be gone

And it's never coming back look ahead cause

Tomorrow is a brand new day and it don't know white from black yeah

Cause the world keeps spinning round and round

And my heart's keeping time to the speed of sound

I was lost till I heard the drums then I found my way

Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since we first saw the light

A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night

So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today

Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above

They can try to stop the paradise we're dreamin of

But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay

You can't stop the beat

Aah aah aah

Ahh ahh ahh

Ahh ahh ahh ahh

Ever since we first saw the sun

It seems vontussle girls are always tryin to please someone

But now we're gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun today

Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above

You can try to stop the paradise were dreamin of

But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay

Cause you can't stop the beat

You can't stop the beat

You can't stop the beat

You can't stop the beat

You can't stop the beat