Christine Lavin - Doris And Edwin: The Movie lyrics

The first time that she saw him Was in the office canteen He was buying a cup of coffee (Three sugars and double cream) Two weeks later she saw him By the elevator banks His hands were full She held the doors for him And he said "Thanks!" Now she's in love For her it don't take much She's in love but this is not your ordinary office crush 'Cause she works in the basement Near the boiler room door And he works in accounting On the 37th floor Now I'm not much of a mathematician But even I can see In a building of 37 floors And 4000 employees The chances of running into him Are really not too good Even though she hung out at the canteen And rode the elevator every spare minute she could 'Cause she's in love And she don't even know his name (It was Edwin) She's in love And love can be such a cruel cruel game 'Cause she works in the basement Near the boiler room door And he works in accounting On the 37th floor And by the way, did I happen to mention... That when this building was constructed It was done improperly And one day on the fourth floor there was a short in the electricity It burned up walls and desks and chairs And all the secretaries The alarm did not go off Until it reached floor thirty-three Floor thirty-three Floor thirty-three (And on the upper floors, people were running and screaming and jumping out the windows to get away from the flames... It was gross!) Now the woman in the basement She raced up the stairs Out the emergency exit Into the fresh air She looked up Because just then it began to shower And that's when she saw her true love coming... One hundred miles an hour Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh no! No no no! (Angels singing) I'm not much of a mathematician But even I can see The chances of him landing on her Were very slim indeed (But he did!) So they buried them together The following day And even now when I ride the elevator I can hear someone say She was in love For her it didn't take much She was in love But this was not your ordinary office crush! 'Cause she worked in the basement Near the boiler room door And he worked in accounting On the 37th floor Ya she worked in the basement And he the 37th floor But fate brought them together Parted never more Never more Never more