No Way to Stop It Lyrics by Marion Marlowe, Theodore Bikel
The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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[ELSA] You dear attractive dewy-eyed idealist Today you have to learn to be a realist [MAX] You may be bent on doing deeds of derring-do But up against a shark, what can a herring do? [ELSA] Be wise, compromise [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] Compromise and be wise [ELSA] Let them think you're on their side, be noncommittal [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] I will not bow my head to the men I despise [MAX] You won't have to bow your head, just stoop a little [ELSA] Why not learn to put your faith and your reliance On an obvious and simple fact of science? A crazy planet full of crazy people Is somersaulting all around the sky And every time it turns another somersault Another day goes by And there's no way to stop it No, there's no way to stop it No, you can't stop it even if you tried So I'm not going to worry No, I'm not going to worry Every time I see another day go by [MAX] While somersaulting at a cockeyed angle We make a cockeyed circle 'round the sun And when we circle back to where we started from Another year has run [ELSA & MAX] And there's no way to stop it No, there's no way to stop it If the earth wants to roll around the sun You're a fool if you worry You're a fool if you worry Over anything but little number one [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] That's you [ELSA] That's I [MAX] And I [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] And me That all absorbing character [ELSA] That fascinating creature [MAX] That super special feature [ELSA & MAX] Me [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] So every star on every whirling planet And every constellation in the sky Revolves around the center of the universe That lovely thing called I [ELSA, MAX & CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] And there's no way to stop it No, there's no way to stop it And I know, though I cannot tell you why [CAPTAIN VON TRAPP, spoken] That's charming [ELSA, MAX & CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] Just as long as I'm living Just as long as I'm living There'll be nothing else as wonderful as [ELSA] I [ELSA, MAX & CAPTAIN VON TRAPP] I, I, I Nothing else as wonderful as I
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