Christine Lavin (b. January 2, 1952) is a New York City-based singer, songwriter, and promoter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded numerous solo albums, and has also recorded with other female folk artists under the name Four Bitchin' Babes. She has also put together several compilation albums of contemporary folk artists, including On a Winter's Night.
She is known for her sense of humor, which is expressed in both her music and her onstage performances.
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DORIS & EDWIN: THE MOVIE by Christine Lavin
The [D]first time that she saw him was in the [G]office canteen He was [Bb]buying a cup of coffee -- [A]three sugars and double cream [D]Two weeks later she saw him at the ele[G]vator banks His [A]hands were full, she held the doors for [G]him and he said [D]thanks
Now she's in [Bm]love For her it doesn't take [F#]much She's in [Bm]love But this is not your [A]ordinary office crush For [Bm]she works in the [D]basement [G]near the boiler room door And [D]he works in [A]accounting on the [G]37th [D]floor
Now I'm not [D]much of a mathematician but even [G]I can see That in a [Bb]building of 37 floors and [A]four thousand employees Her [D]chances of running into him were really [G]not that good Even though she [A]hung out at the canteen and rode the elevator [G]every spare minute she [D]could
'Cause she's in [Bm]love And she don't even know his [F#]name (it's Edwin) She's in [Bm]love Love can be [A]such a cruel cruel game For [Bm]she works in the [D]basement [G]near the boiler room door And [D]he works in [A]accounting on the [G]37th [D]floor
(And by the way, did I happen to mention...) That when this [A]building was constructed it was [Bm]done improperly And [A]one day on the fourth floor there was a [Bm]short in the electricity It [A]burned up walls and desks and chairs and [Bm]all the secretaries And the [A]alarm did not go off until it [Bm]reached floor 33 Floor thirty-[A]three, floor thirty-[Bm]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 [A]woman in the basement, [Bm]she ran up the stairs [A]Out the emergency exit [Bm]into the fresh air [A]She looked up because just then [Bm]it began to shower That's [A]when she saw her true love coming... one [Bm]hundred miles an hour Oh-[A]oh, Oh [Bm]no....
I'm not [D]much of a mathematician, but even [G]I can see The [Bb]chances of him landing on her were [A]very slim indeed (but he did!) So they [D]buried them together the [G]following day And even [A]now when I ride the elevator [G]I can hear someone [D]say
She was in [Bm]love For her it didn't take [F#]much She was in [Bm]love But this was not your [A]ordinary office... crush For [Bm]she worked in the [D]basement [G]near the boiler room door And [D]he worked in [A]accounting on the [G]37th floor
[Bm]She worked in the [D]basement and [G]he the 37th floor But [D]fate brought them to[A]gether, they [G]flirted never[D]more