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Carrie Hope Fletcher - Pulled
Waving Through a Window
She Used to be Mine 

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  • You Can't Stop the Beat! - Hairspray

    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 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


    '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

    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 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 you know it just can't be!

    And if they try to stop us, Seaweed, I've got the N double A.C.P.


    '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 like to shake it on a Saturday night

    So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today


    'Cause you cant 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 cant 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 hearts 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 whole 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 (No!)

    As it comes speeding 'round the track (oooh, child yes!)

    Yesterday is history (be gone!)

    And it's never comin' back! (look ahead, 'cause)

    'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day, and it don't know white from black (yeah!)


    '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 like to shake it on a Saturday night

    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!


    Aah, aah, aah

    Ahh, ahh, ahh

    Ahh, ahh, ahh ahh


    Ever since we first saw the sign

    A man or woman like to shake it when the day is ooh ooh

    And so we're gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun 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 the beat

    You can't stop the beat

    You can't stop the beat

    You can't stop the beat


    Source: LyricFind

    Songwriters: Marc Shaiman / Scott Michael Wittman

    You Can't Stop the Beat lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

  • Waving Through a Window - Dear Evan Hansen

    I've learned to slam on the brake

    Before I even turn the key

    Before I make the mistake

    Before I lead with the worst of me


    Give them no reason to stare

    No slipping up if you slip away

    So I got nothing to share

    No, I got nothing to say


    Step out, step out of the sun

    If you keep getting burned

    Step out, step out of the sun

    Because you've learned, because you've learned


    On the outside, always looking in

    Will I ever be more than I've always been?

    'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass

    I'm waving through a window

    I try to speak, but nobody can hear

    So I wait around for an answer to appear

    While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass

    I'm waving through a window, oh

    Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?


    We start with stars in our eyes

    We start believing that we belong

    But every sun doesn't rise

    And no one tells you where you went wrong


    Step out, step out of the sun

    If you keep getting burned

    Step out, step out of the sun

    Because you've learned, because you've learned


    On the outside, always looking in

    Will I ever be more than I've always been?

    'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass

    Waving through a window

    I try to speak, but nobody can hear

    So I wait around for an answer to appear

    While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass

    Waving through a window, oh

    Can anybody see, is anybody waving?


    When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around

    Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

    When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around

    Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

    When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around

    Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

    When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around

    Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

    Did I even make a sound?

    Did I even make a sound?

    It's like I never made a sound

    Will I ever make a sound?


    On the outside, always looking in

    Will I ever be more than I've always been?

    'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass

    Waving through a window

    I try to speak, but nobody can hear

    So I wait around for an answer to appear

    While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass

    Waving through a window, oh

    Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me? (oh)

    Is anybody waving?

    Waving, waving, whoa-oh, whoa-oh


    Source: LyricFind

    Songwriters: Benj Pasek / Justin Paul

    Waving Through A Window lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

  • Satisfied - Hamilton

    Alright, alright

    That's what I'm talkin' about!

    Now everyone

    Give it up for the maid of honor

    Angelica Schuyler!


    A toast to the groom!

    (To the groom!)

    (To the groom!)

    (To the groom!)


    To the bride!

    (To the bride!)

    (To the bride!)

    (To the bride!)


    From your sister

    (Angelica!)

    (Angelica!)

    (Angelica!)


    Who is always by your side

    (By your side)

    (By your side)

    To your union!

    (To the union!)

    (To the revolution!)


    And the hope that you provide!

    (Provide, to provide)


    And may you always

    (Always)


    Be satisfied


    Rewind

    Rewind

    I remember that night, I just might

    I remember that night, I just might

    I remember that night

    I remember that


    I remember that night

    I just might regret that night

    For the rest of my days

    I remember those soldier boys

    Tripping over themselves

    To win our praise


    I remember that dreamlike candlelight

    Like a dream that you can't quite place

    But Alexander, I'll never forget

    The first time I saw your face


    I have never been the same

    Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame

    And when you said "Hi"

    I forgot my dang name

    Set my heart aflame

    Every part aflame

    This is not a game


    HAM: "You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied"

    ANG: "I'm sure I don't know what you mean. You forget yourself"

    HAM: "You're like me. I'm never satisfied"

    ANG: "Is that right?"

    HAM: "I have never been satisfied"

    ANG: "My name is Angelica Schuyler"

    HAM: "Alexander Hamilton"

    ANG: "Where's your family from?"

    HAM: "Unimportant. There's a million things I haven't done but"

    "Just you wait, just you wait"


    ANG:

    So, so, so

    So this is what it feels like

    To match wits with someone at your level

    What the hell is the catch?

    It's the feeling of freedom

    Of seein' the light

    It's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite!

    You see it, right?


    The conversation lasted two minutes

    Maybe three minutes

    Everything we said in total agreement

    It's a dream and it's a bit of a dance

    A bit of a posture, it's a bit of a stance

    He's a bit of a flirt, but I'm 'a give it a chance


    I asked about his family

    Did you see his answer?

    His hands started fidgeting

    He looked askance?

    He's penniless

    He's flying by the seat of his pants

    Handsome, boy, does he know it

    Peach fuzz, and he can't even grow it

    I wanna take him far away from this place

    Then I turn and see my sister's face


    And she is

    ELIZ: "Helpless"

    ANG: And I know she is

    ELIZ:"Helpless"

    ANG: And her eyes are just

    ELIZ: "Helpless"


    ANG: 

    And I realize three fundamental truths

    At the exact same time


    HAM:"Where are you taking me?"

    ANG: "I'm about to change your life"

    HAM:"Then by all means, lead the way"


    ANG:

    I'm a girl in a world in which my only job is to marry rich

    My father has no sons so

    I'm the one who has to social climb for one

    So I'm the oldest and the wittiest

    And the gossip in New York City, is insidious

    And Alexander is penniless, ha

    That doesn't mean I want him any less


    ELIZ: "Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you"

    HAM: "Schuyler?"

    ANG: "My sister"


    He's after me cuz I'm a Schuyler sister

    That elevates his status

    I'd have to be naive to set that aside

    Maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza

    Now that's his bride

    Nice going, Angelica, he was right

    You will never be satisfied


    ELIZ: "Thank you for all your service"

    HAM: "If it takes fighting a war for us to meet

    It will have been worth it"

    ANG: "I'll leave you to it"


    I know my sister like I know my own mind

    You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind

    If I tell her that I love him she'd be silently resigned

    He'd be mine

    She would say "I'm fine"

    She'd be lying


    But when I fantasize at night

    It's Alexander's eyes

    As I romanticize what might have been

    If I hadn't sized him up so quickly

    At least my dear Eliza's his wife

    At least I keep his eyes in my life


    To the Groom!

    (To the groom!)

    (To the groom!)

    (To the groom!)


    To the Bride!

    (To the bride!)

    (To the bride!)

    (To the bride!)


    From your sister

    (Angelica!)

    (Angelica!)

    (Angelica!)


    Who is always by your side

    (By your side!)

    (By your side!)


    To your union!

    (To the union!)

    (To the revolution!)


    And the hope that you provide!

    (Provide, to provide)


    May you always

    (Always)


    Be satisfied

    (Be satisfied)

    (Be satisfied)

    (Be satisfied)


    And I know

    She'll be happy as his bride

    And I know

    He will never be satisfied

    I will never be satisfied


    Source: Musixmatch

    Songwriters: Lin-manuel Miranda

    Satisfied lyrics © 5000 Broadway Music

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