I'm not saying it would have made her year
But it might have made her day
I saw her on the up escalator
And I thought "I'll say hi" but I didn't
It might have meant nothing to her
I wasn't one of her real students
But we did write the first part of a tri-partite novel together
I'm sure she would have remembered
Then she died and so did the other co-author
He went out high in the holiday sea
In their different ways I hope they're pleased to be here
Hi John (wave), first hit's free