Standard (EADGBE)
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
at 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 doesn't take much
She's in love
But this is not your ordinary office crush
For 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
That in a building of 37 floors
and four thousand employees
Her chances of running into him were really
not that 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's Edwin)
She's in love
Love can be such a cruel cruel game
For 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
And the alarm did not go off until it
reached floor 33
Floor thirty-three, floor thirty-three
(And on the upper floors people were running and screaming and
jumping out of windows to get away from the flames -- it was
gross)
Now the woman in the basement,
she ran up the stairs
Out the emergency exit
into the fresh air
She looked up because just then
it began to shower
That's when she saw her true love coming...
one hundred miles an hour
Oh-oh, Oh no....
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
For she worked in the basement
near the boiler room door
And he worked in accounting
on the 37th floor
She worked in the basement
and he the 37th floor
But fate brought them together,
they flirted nevermore
Nevermore, nevermore...