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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...