Released: October 19, 1974
Songwriter: John Oates
Producer: Todd Rundgren
He's the star of the stage, and he screams all night
'Cause he can't get to sleep at all
And his favorite book, by the T.V. light, can't stop the matinee
He's played it over and over
He Can't Stop The Music, or remember the ending to his song
He played it much too long
All those hard-earned words, that he's fought from his pen
Have been forgotten in some empty hall
And the wide-eyed looks, on those wiped-out faces
Make some dreams in such places over and over
He Can't Stop The Music, or remember the ending to his song
He played it much too long
Wouldn't believe your ears, if he told you what the papers use to say
But that was in his hey-day
Back in his prime he had the fans in line
You should have seen him then, now look at him
His hair is getting thin
There's one last show before the glory ends
There in the wings, waits his only friend
The record that he prayed to over and over
He Can't Stop The Music, or remember the ending to his song
He played it much too long
Then we go like this, and we go like that (music)
Then we go like this, and we go like that
Can't Stop The Music
Then we go like this, and we go like that (music)
Then we go like this and we go like that
'Cause he can't get to sleep at all
And his favorite book, by the T.V. light, can't stop the matinee
He's played it over and over
He Can't Stop The Music, or remember the ending to his song
He played it much too long
All those hard-earned words, that he's fought from his pen
Have been forgotten in some empty hall
And the wide-eyed looks, on those wiped-out faces
Make some dreams in such places over and over
He Can't Stop The Music, or remember the ending to his song
He played it much too long
Wouldn't believe your ears, if he told you what the papers use to say
But that was in his hey-day
Back in his prime he had the fans in line
You should have seen him then, now look at him
His hair is getting thin
There's one last show before the glory ends
There in the wings, waits his only friend
The record that he prayed to over and over
He Can't Stop The Music, or remember the ending to his song
He played it much too long
Then we go like this, and we go like that (music)
Then we go like this, and we go like that
Can't Stop The Music
Then we go like this, and we go like that (music)
Then we go like this and we go like that
more tracks from the album
Hall and Oates
- Lady Rain
- When The Morning Comes
- Love You Like a Brother
- Everytime I Look at You
- I’m Just a Kid (Don’t Make Me Feel Like a Man)
- Lilly (Are You Happy)
- It’s Uncanny
- I Want to Know You for a Long Time
- Can’t Stop The Music (He Played It Much Too Long)
- Had I Known You Better Then
- Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)
- She’s Gone
- 70's Scenario
- Laughing Boy
- Beanie G. And The Rose Tattoo - previously unreleased, Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London, Oct
From the albums
- Hall and Oates
- War Babies (1974)
- No Goodbyes (1977)
- The Atlantic Collection (1996)
Hall & Oates popular songs
- You Make My Dreams
- Rich Girl
- Maneater
- Out of Touch
- I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
- She’s Gone
- Sara Smile
- Private Eyes
- Kiss On My List
- Adult Education
- Wait for Me
- Family Man
- When The Morning Comes
- One on One
- Say It Isn’t So
- Method of Modern Love
- Philly Forget Me Not
- Everytime You Go Away
- Do It for Love
- So Close
- Do What You Want, Be What You Are
- I’m Really Smokin’
- Waterwheel
- Alone Too Long