Original London Cast of Fame
Can’t Keep It Down
[JOE, spoken]
You see, there's this girl, in dance, and every time I see her, something just comes over me
[singing]
Well, you know what it's like
When you wake up in the morning and
It's hard
Standin' up straight
At attention
Like the changing of the guard
Or how it is in a porno shop (eh?)
When you put your quarter in the slot (hah!)
And you try to look cool
So nobody knows that you're hot (aha!)
You go to a club and you're high
On some fine
Marijuana
And the singer in the band
Copped all of her moves from Madonna
And you wanna
Or late at night, you're in home in bed alone
And it's cold out
You put your hand where it's warm
As you open up Miss January's fold-out
Well, that's how it is
When she's 'round
And I can't, no I can't
I can't keep it down!
I can't keep it down
When that girl's around
I can't keep it under my control
I can't keep it, keep it down
No, no, no, no, I can't!
[OTHER STUDENTS]
Can't keep it down!
[JOE]
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna rock and roll!
[MR. MYERS, spoken]
Alright, Mr. Vegas, the joke is over
[JOE, spoken]
...I got another one! This one's REALLY painful
[MR. MYERS, spoken]
Alright, go, but I'm warning you...
[JOE, sung]
I'm thinkin' 'bout the time in my life
When I first learned what cryin' was
The first time I ever had to come face to face
With what dyin' was
The relatives gathered all in black
To mourn for my great aunt Juanita
When who comes through the door to pay her respects
But our cousin Conchita
The tears in her eyes only made them look
Even more Spanish (arriba, arriba!)
As I watched her I swear
I could feel the floor under me vanish (aha!)
She goes to them all, then she fin'ly comes over to me
And she kisses my cheek, I lower my eyes
I can hardly believe what I see
'Cause I'm lookin' down
The front of her gown
And I can't, no, I can't
I can't keep it down!
I can't keep it down
[STUDENTS]
Can't keep it down
[JOE]
When that girl's around
[STUDENT]
Can't keep it down!
[JOE]
I wanna
I wanna
I wanna rock and roll!
Rock and roll!
[ANOTHER STUDENT]
Rock and roll
[STUDENTS]
Can't keep it
Can't keep it
Can't keep it
Can't
[JOE]
I wanna rock and roll!