FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES

from "The Woman Upstairs"

music by lyrics by
Brian Lowdermilk Kait Kerrigan and
Brian Lowdermilk

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child en - ters the world The world has six and a half bil - lion peo - ple this year And there are

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some scene That I'm watch - ing from the stands 'Cuz when the

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facts add up and the num - bers fit It's the mo - vie of our lives

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