Lyrics

Damn This Job is Sweet!

to ``You Can't Stop the Beat'' from Hairspray

You can't stop the highest court From embracing what it will You can hand up your amici briefs And complain to Capitol Hill And you can whine and cry and bitch and moan But it's our decision still `Cause my tenure lets me Do my thing Make up brand new rights Freedom, let it ring! What I say is the law of the land Through Article Three Damn this job is sweet! Ever since this old Court began A justice found out if he said it He could shake up the land And so we're gonna write opinions ‘til We're senile and insane! ‘Cause you can't stop A president's appointment Once the Senate signs on We're accountable to no one Rule of law's a fiction And if you try to hold us down We'll take your habeas rights away Damn this job is sweet! You can't top my badassness Cause I am the newest Chief And you just can't stop my decisions When I read a Brandeis brief So if you don't like my strict reading Well, I just won't grant your reli-ief ‘Cause my tenure lets me Help out George After all isn't that What your friends are for I'm his man `til he is impeached Because he picked me Cause you can't top the Chief! Ever since this old Court began A justice found out if he said it He could shake up the land And so we’re gonna write opinions ‘til We're senile and insane! Cause you can't top The notion of devotion Always keep to our sides Justice Kennedy's the middle Of the Five-four divide And if he doesn't join the right I'm gonna have to pull rank and say You can't top the chief! You know these justices would be helpless without us. Oh, oh, oh, We write opinions But they're receiving all the praise. Well, overtime is daily But it's worth the clerkship raise And those Justices won't see your view If we interpret ev'ry phrase `Cause the court keeps ruling Wrong or right Whether they lose their minds Or at least their sight Ain't no law till they figure out What they’re gonna write Damn their job is sweet! Ever since we threw on the black We've been pretending checks and balances Constrained our attack But we asserted jurisdiction, we Ain't giving it back – no way! ‘Cause you can’t stop- Our motion for devotion Or object to our might If you try to speak in court we'll have You (gunshot) shot on sight You can't plot a coup d'etat because We'll hear what-ever you say! Damn this job is sweet! Damn their job is sweet! Ever since this old Court began A justice found out if he said it It would be a command So why even write opinions 'cause I don't have to explain ‘Cause you can’t stop- Our motion for devotion Or object to our might If you try to speak in court we'll have You (gunshot) shot on sight You can’t plot a coup d'etat because We'll hear what-ever you say! Damn this job is sweet! You can't top the chief! Damn this job is sweet! You can't top the chief! Damn this job is ... sweet!

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 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 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 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 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! Oh oh oh You can't stop today As it comes speeding down the track Child, yesterday is hist'ry And it's never coming back 'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day And it don't know white from black `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 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! Ever since we first saw the sun A man and woman like to shake it When the day is done But we're 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 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 the beat! You can't stop the beat! You can't stop the beat! You can't stop the beat!

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