You can stop an avalanche as it races down the hill You can try to stop the seasons, 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 sound I was lost till I heard the drums and I found my way Cause you can stop the beat 5, 6, 7, 8 Ever since this whole world began A woman found out if she shook a chick it'd shake up a man And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy at the best that I can today Cause you can stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky You can wonder if you wanna but I'll never ask why If you try to hold me down I'm gonna spit in your eye and say That you can stop the beat You can stop a rave 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 already, I'll call the NAACP 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 stop the beat Ever since we first saw the light I met a woman like you shake it on a Saturday night So I'm gonna shake and shimmy with all of my might today Cause you can 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 today Cause you can stop the beat You can stop the beat You can't stop today As it comes speeding down the track Sound yesterday is history And it's never coming back Cause tomorrow is a brand new day And it don't know white from black 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 stop the beat Ever since we first saw the sun I met a woman like you shake it when the day is done So I'm gonna shake and shimmy and have some fun today Cause you can 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 today You can stop the beat You can stop the beat You can stop the beat