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 As the world keeps spinning round and round and my heart keeps in time to the speed of sound I was lost till I heard the drums and 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 in the best that I can today Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky You could wonder if you're wild or that I'm ever as quiet And if you try to hold me now 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 to stop the hands of time, but you know it just can't be And if they try to stop a seaweed, I'll call the NAACP Cause the world keeps spinning round and round and my heart keeps in time to the speed of sound I was lost till I heard the drums and I found my way Cause you can't stop the beat Ever since we first saw the light, I met a woman like to shake it on a Saturday night So I'm gonna shake and shimmy in 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 dreaming 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 spinning round and round and my heart's keeping time to the speed of sound I was lost till I heard the drums and I found my way Cause you can't stop the beat Ever since this old world began A woman found that if she shook it she could shake up a man And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy at 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 put me down I'm gonna spit in your eye and say That you can't stop the beat guitar solo Oh, oh, oh, you can't stop today As it comes speeding down the track Yesterday is history And it's never coming back Cause tomorrow is a brand new day And you don't know what from black 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 and 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 And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my heart 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 you cannot stop the rhythm of the hearts in love to stay Cause you can't stop the beat Oh, oh, oh, oh Ever since we first saw the sun A man and woman like to shake it when the day is done And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun for 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 you cannot stop the rhythm of the hearts in love to stay Cause you can't stop the beat You can't stop, you can't stop, you can't stop, you can't stop the beat