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Artist: Ben Rector
Canonical path: /ben-rector/the-beat
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The Beat
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The Beat
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Stand there lady
Won't you just stand still
She's had a white mercedes
And I know she will
And then the beat comes
And then she's moving on the dance floor
And I wonder what she's running from
If it'll catch her
Her heart is broken
But she won't say that
Her heart is broken
But she can't go back
But she can't go back
And the nights move forward
Don't they just move on
She's on a mission, baby
And she's almost one
And then the beat comes
And then she's moving on the dance floor
And I wonder what she's running from
If it'll catch her
Her heart is broken
But she won't say that
Her heart is broken
But she can't go back
But she can't go back
But she can't go back
Your heart is a lonely one
Your heart is a lonely one
Your heart is a lonely one
Your heart is broken
But you won't say that
Your heart is broken
But you can't go back
No, you can't go back
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Ben Rector performs "The Beat", and this lyric page sits inside the Ben Rector catalog on LyroVerse.
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