TRACY  You cant 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    TRACY & LINK  '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 cant 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 cant stop the beat!    (Penny appears onstage transformed into a hot teenage tigress.)    TRACY  What do ya' have to say, Penny?    PENNY  I am now a checkerboard chick!   You can't stop a river   As it rushes to the sea   You can try and 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 - ñ - p!  'Cause the world keeps spinning   'Round and 'round.    SEAWEED  'Round and 'round    PENNY  And my heart's keeping time   To the speed of sound    SEAWEED  Speed of sound    PENNY  I was lost till i heard the drums   Then i found my way    PENNY & SEAWEED  'Cause you can't stop the beat    PENNY & SEAWEED, TRACY & LINK  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 cant 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 cant stop the beat!    EDNA  Tracy, I have a little something  I'd like to add, if you don't mind.  You cant 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 |ust don't give a damn!    EDNA & ENSEMBLE  '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    EDNA & WILBUR & COMPANY  'Cause you cant 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 cant 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 cant stop the beat!    EDNA  Wilbur, be a dear and get me my   oxygen... NOW!    MOTORMOUTH (to Velma)   Step aside, Miss Buttercup... it's   time to wrap this mutha' up!   Oh, oh, oh,   You can't stop today    ENSEMBLE  ...No!    MOTORMOUTH  As it comes speeding down the track    ENSEMBLE  Oîí îîí îîí, child, yes    MOTORMOUTH  Child, yesterday is hist'ry    ENSEMBLE  Be gone!    MOTORMOUTH  And it's never coming back    ENSEMBLE  Look ahead    MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE  'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day    MOTORMOUTH  And it don't know white from black    ENSEMBLE  Yeah!    MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE   '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 cant stop the beat    ALL  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 ths paradise  We're dreaming of   But you cannot stop the rhythm  Of two hearts in love to stay   You can't stop the beat!    Aah, aah, aah   Aah, aah, aah   Aah, aah, aah    Come on, you von tussles   Go on, shake your fanny muscles    VELMA & AMBER  We can't!    ALL  Yes, you can!    VELMA & AMBER   No, we can't!    ALL  Yes, you can!    VEIMA & AMBER   Yes, we can...!!!    ALL  You can't stop the beat    VELMA & AMBER  Ever since we first saw the sun   It seems von tussle girls are always  Tryin' to please someone   But now we're gonna shake and shimmy it   And have some fun   Today!    ALL  '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 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!!!    these lyrics are submitted by Buckley01