You can’t stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But ya know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancin’ 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 sound
I was lost ’til I heard the drums
Then I found my way

‘Cause you can’t stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And 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 if you try to hold me down
I’m gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can’t stop the beat!

You can’t stop a river
As it rushes to the sea
You can try and stop the hands of time
But’cha know it just can’t be
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed
We’ll call the NAACP!
‘Cause the world keeps spinning
‘Round and ’round
(‘Round and ’round)
And my heart’s keeping time
To the speed of sound
(Speed of sound, yeah)
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 liked to shake it
On a Saturday night
And so I’m gonna shake and shimmy it
With all 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 dreaming of
But they 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
So 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 heart’s keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til I heard the drums
Then I found my way
‘Cause you can’t stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
(Go mama go)
And so I’m gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that I can today
(Go mama, show ‘em mama)

‘Cause you can’t stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
(Go go go)
You can wonder if you wanna
But I never ask why
(Go mama, go go go)
And if you try to hold me down
I’m gonna spit in your eye and say
(Go mama, show ‘em mama)
That you can’t stop the beat!

Alright Miss Buttercup… it’s
Time to wrap this mutha’ up!
Oh, oh, oh
You can’t stop today
No!
As it comes speeding down the track
Ooh, 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 til 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 liked to shake it
On a Saturday night
And so I’m gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today
‘Cause you can’t stop

The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
They can try to stop this paradise
We’re dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
You can’t stop the beat

Ever since we first saw the sun
A man and woman like to shake it
When the day is done
So we’re gonna shake and shimmy it
And have some fun today

You can’t stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We’re dreaming of
But they 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!