Defying Gravity

DEFYING GRAVITY Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

Freely, with quiet intensity

Some - thing has

some - thing is

changed -

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with - in - me

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not - the s a k e

Copyright 0 2003 Greydog Music All Rights Reserved Used by Permission

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throughwith

play -

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by

the

rules -

of

some - one else

I

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