Don’t Stop Me

Lyrics

SAMSON: Welcome to the First Annual Dance-A-Thon at Plain Springs High JAYNIE: LIVECAST TO YOU DIGITALLY MO: Live live live live— Dance dance dance dance— A-thon a-thon a-thon a-thon— COMMENTATORS: FROM THE PLAIN SPRING HIGH GYMNASIUM CONTESTANTS: OOOOH.... OOOOH.... OOOOH.... OOOOH.... DANCE! I GIVE YOU MY DANCE I GIVE YOU MY BODY AND I GIVE YOU MY MIND IN ITS PERFECT YOUTHFUL PRIME AND I GIVE YOU ALL MY PRECIOUS TIME I WILL NEVER FALL BEHIND I WILL DANCE UNTIL I FALL SWEATING, EXHAUSTED AND SPENT YES I WILL DANCE UNTIL I FALL SWEATING, EXHAUSTED AND SPENT SAMSON: Livecast telematically! JAYNIE: Intermedially! SAMSON: Straight to you on the other end of the virtual wire window JAYNIE Including our parents! CONTESTANTS: HI MOM HI DAD HI MOM HI DAD MO: And teachers, friends, well-wishers, relatives, exes, crushes, co-workers, and other random creepers who've stumbled across this feed on the web- CONTESTANTS: HI FRIENDS HI PEEPS HI EXES HI CREEPS (Contestants jostle for webcam/screen time.) ALL CONTESTANTS: If you're watching this right now - ROGER: I'm wearing the insoles you got me! ALL CONTESTANTS: If you're watching this right now - HARPER: I bet you regret getting a new best friend, Ashley! ALL CONTESTANTS: If you're watching this right now - DAKOTA: I would be totally shocked because my parents don't know how to update their operating system! ALL CONTESTANTS: If you're watching this right now - GRACE: Get your ass over here! Seriously! You can only compete as part of a couple! CONTESTANTS: I WANNA DO GOOD I WANNA BREAK THRU I WANNA DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT ME TO DO I WANNA BE GREAT I WANNA BE THE BEST I WANNA THROW THE CURVE ON THE FINAL TEST I WANNA DO GOOD I WANNA BREAK THRU I WANNA DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT ME TO DO I WANNA BE GREAT I WANNA BE THE BEST I WANNA THROW THE CURVE ON THE FINAL TEST THE PAST IS DEAD MY YOUTH IS GONE AND THE FUTURE HAS ITS CLAWS DIGGING INTO MY NECK SAMSON: It's important that you out there in hyperland understand how to "experience" a Dance-A-Thon JAYNIE: Because it's not any Dance-A-Thon SAMSON: Or Dance Marathon JAYNIE: Historical Fact: they couldn't say "Dance-A-Thons" during the Depression because dancing was dirty MO: Dirty dancing SAMSON: They called them "Walk-A-Thons." JAYNIE: "Walk-A-Thons" SOUND more innocent MO: They're not JAYNIE: But now we can call it a Dance-A-Thon because the past is dead and this is about triumphing as unique individuals! CONTESTANTS: I AM ALWAYS ON ALWAYS ON FIRE ALWAYS ON POINT NEVER EVER TIRED I AM ON SPEED I CAN FEEL MY BONES EVERYONE IS HERE BUT I'M ALL ALONE I AM NOT A KID NEVER EVER WAS GOT A COLD SWEAT AND MY TONGUE IS BUZZED BUT I WILL KEEP-A WORKING AND-A DANCING ALL NIGHT EVEN WHEN I CAN'T BREATHE AND MY CHEST IS TIGHT MO: THIS IS ABOUT HOW THEY SHAKE IT THIS IS ABOUT HOW THEY SPARKLE IT JAYNIE: THIS IS ABOUT ENDURANCE SAMSON: STAMINA MO: FOCUS JAYNIE: DEDICATION SAMSON: WRIT LARGE MO: RAPT COMMENTATORS & CONTESTANTS: BEING ENTERTAINED BY THE HUMAN CONDITION JAYNIE: ON YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTERS MO: ON YOUR TABLETS SAMSON: OR OTHER MOBILE DEVICES CONTESTANTS: DANCE ON DJ: Each dancing "heat" transports us to a different historical era SAMSON: That's our DJ, everybody! A big hand for the DJ, everybody! JANELLE: I wonder what era's going to be first? ROGER: I stayed up all night memorizing the Jitterbug ELLIE & ZANDER: at same time I hope it's Enlightenment Polka (ZANDER & ELLIE are delighted but not surprised to have spoken in- Sync.) ELLIE: We kill at the enlightment Polka! DAKOTA: I hope it's The Obscene Ancient Grecian Cordax JANELLE: Or Bulgarian Tropanka, or - HARPER: Or anything // Janelle! JANELLE: on very close heels of HARPER's line Or everything, Janelle! DJ: Contestants must stay 'in motion' for the duration of the heat - SAMSON: Whoever is left standing at the end, wins THE PRIZE! CONTESTANTS: THE PRIZE MO: Make sure you refresh your feed at home. Otherwise your screen could be frozen and even though time has continued to advance forward you'll still be looking at events in the past SAMSON: What? MO: Internet goes bloop JAYNIE: Historical Fact: we used to get "dialed up" to get online SAMSON: But technology advances JAYNIE: And so must they SAMSON: How hard is it to stay 'in motion'? DJ: YOUR HEART IS ALWAYS BEATING YOUR LUNGS ARE ALWAYS BREATHING YOUR EYES ARE ALWAYS BLINKING YOUR MIND IS ALWAYS THINKING JAYNIE: But just moving isn't enough. Couples are whittled away by something called SPRINTS DJ: Sprints (DJ hits SIREN and STROBE LIGHT. MO raves.) MO: Sprints have been identified as a potential seizure trigger for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised SAMSON: SPRINTS are power periods designed to whittle away contestants MO: YOU ARE OUT! MALE CONTESTANTS: FIRST DANCE IN I WANT TO WIN FIRST DANCE IN I WANT TO WIN FEMALE CONTESTANTS: I WANNA WIN THE PRIZE MALE CONTESTANTS: GET THE PRIZE GET THE PRIZE GET THE PRIZE FEMALE CONTESTANTS: I NEED TO WIN THE PRIZE MALE CONTESTANTS: GET THE PRIZE NEVER CLOSE MY EYES FEMALE CONTESTANTS: I'M GONNA WIN THE PRIZE IF IT KILLS ME MALE CONTESTANTS: GONNA WIN GONNA WIN HARPER: I WANT TO WIN CYRUS: I KNOW I KNOW HARPER: AND BE A SUPERSTAR CYRUS: I KNOW I KNOW CONTESTANTS: AND MY SHOES ARE PERFECT MY BACKPACK SUBLIME MY COMPASS AND PROTRACTOR ARE SOLID GOLD ZANDER: I WANT TO IRREFUTABLY CRUSH THE COMPETITION ELLIE: CRUSH THE COMPETITION ZANDER: CRUSH THE COMPETITION CONTESTANTS: MY TUTORS AND RULERS MY CLOTHES MY HAIR ROGER: I WANT TO WIN DAKOTA: I KNOW I KNOW ROGER: AND REDEEM MYSELF DAKOTA: I KNOW I KNOW JANELLE: LIKE GET SOME RECOGNITION FINALLY IT'S ABOUT TIME JUST SOMEBODY NOTICE ME! CONTESTANTS: AND I DANCE AND I RUN AND I SWIM AND I FIGHT AND I SING AND I VOTE AND I CHEER AND I WRITE AND I STUDY I ENGAGE I RECYCLE I BEHAVE AND I WORK I ENDURE I REPENT I STAY PURE I INDULGE I ABSTAIN I DESIRE I MAINTAIN AND I CALCULATE I PRIORITIZE I PARTICIPATE I APOLOGIZE AND I DEMONSTRATE AND I CAPITALIZE AND I COLLAPSE AND I EULOGIZE AND I DANCE AND I DANCE AND I DANCE AND I DANCE MO: And they dance! SAMSON: So that's a SPRINT JAYNIE: We're almost done with the DEMO - short for: demonstration SAMSON: When you hear the air horn, you're gonna know that we've come to a BREAK MO: Cots are there in the locker rooms if you want to sleep during break SAMSON: Cot breaks MO: Break cots SAMSON: Cot snakes MO: Snot cakes SAMSON: That's what the cots are there for JAYNIE: But the secret is nobody ever sleeps MO: At least that's what they told us in Topeka - the only other school to hold this dance-a-thon SAMSON: There will be a break every two hours MO: Weirdly, the Topeka High webpage hasn't been updated since 2002, but the website admin was super helpful answering all the student council's questions SAMSON: Like how often to put a break MO: I compiled it all into a handbook. See: "The Rules, Regulations, Terms and Conditions of the First Annual Plain Springs High Dance-a-thon, as compiled by Mo, publicly licensed for fair use." JAYNIE: During this demonstration, the bodies of the contestants are biochemically calibrating the duration of 120 minutes MO: 7,200 seconds CONTESTANTS: I HAVE BEEN ALIVE FOR HALF A BILLION SECONDS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SECONDS HAS BROUGHT ME TO HERE I HAVE BEEN ALIVE FOR HALF A BILLION SECONDS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SECONDS HAS BROUGHT ME TO HERE DJ and HENCHMEN: OH OH OH OH... CONTESTANTS (COMMENTATORS): AND I AM IN THE VERY BEST HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS WILL GET ME TO WHERE I NEED TO BE YES I AM IN THE VERY BEST HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS WILL GET ME TO WHERE I NEED TO BE TO THE BEST COLLEGE (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) GOTTA GO TO COLLEGE (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) THEN TO THE BEST GRAD SCHOOL (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) THEN TO THE BEST INTERNSHIP (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) THEN TO THE BEST ENTRY LEVEL POSITION (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) THEN I WILL WORK MY WAY UP THE BUSINESS (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) YES I WILL WORK MY WAY UP (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE) I WILL WORK MY WAY UP (GET ME WHERE I NEED, GET ME WHERE I NEED TO BE...) TOWARDS THE HORIZON AND I WILL NEVER STOP TIL I HAVE THE BEST LIFE AND THE BEST HOUSE AND THE BEST YARD THE BEST PORTFOLIO THE BEST SECURITIES THE BEST PARTNER THE BEST CHILDREN THE BEST GONNA HAVE THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST TO THE BEST DEATH GONNA DIE THE BEST DEATH AND WHEN I DIE I'LL HAVE MY VERY OWN TOMB WHEN I DIE I'LL HAVE MY VERY OWN TOMB OF ECO-FRIENDLY MARBLE AND FAIR TRADE PLATINUM I WILL PLEASE YOU ALL PLEASE DON'T STOP ME TILL I'M THERE DJ and HENCHMEN: OH OH OH OH... (DJ hits the AIR HORN.)