Female singer

Male singer

Both together

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

spinnin' 'round and 'round

And my heart's keepin' 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 the river

as it rushes to the sea

you can try to

stop the hands of time

but ya 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

spinnin' 'round and 'round

'round and 'round

And my heart's keepin' time

at the speed of sound

speed of sound, yeah

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 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

we're 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

So, if you don't

like the way I look

well, I just don't give a damn

'cause the world keeps

spinnin' 'round and 'round

And my heart's keepin' 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

Oh! Oh! Oh!

You can't stop today

as it comes speedin'

down the track

child, yesterday is history

and it's never comin' back

'Cause tomorrow

is a brand new day

and it don't know

white from black

'cause the world keeps

spinnin' 'round and 'round

And my heart's keepin' 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 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

'cause you can't stop the beat

Ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah

Ever since

we first saw the sun

a man and woman

liked to shake it

when the day is done

And 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 dreamin' of

But you cannot

stop the rhythm

of two hearts in love to stay

you can't stop the beat

you can't stop the beat

you can't stop the beat...