“Stayin’ with 5”

lyric © 2007 Lawrence M. Lesser

sing to the tune of “Stayin’ Alive,” a Grammy-winning #1 hit for the Bee Gees in 1977

Well, you can tell by the way I use my chalk that I teach math and I love to talk

With my class usin’ rhyme about a number that is prime!

Now it’s all right, it’s okay -- use 5 senses every day.

We can try to understand the Roman “V” on my hand…

CHORUS: Whether it’s a wonder -- this Fibonacci number--

I’m stayin’ with 5, stayin’ with 5.

Symmetry flows in an apple or a rose: stayin’ with 5, stayin’ with 5.

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ with 5, stayin’ with 5.

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ with 5…….

Platonic solids – there are 5, like the vowels – not countin’ y.

Starfish arms, Olympic rings, playin’ hoops on a team:

You know it’s all right, it’s okay Muslims pray 5 times a day.

We can try to understand patterns in a pentagram… (Repeat Chorus)

bridge: Gonna celebrate Cinco de Mayo: we’re gonna take…..five!

5 is everywhere, somebody give me, somebody give me a high 5!

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