A Star Trek Star Shanty

Parody of “The Last Shanty” by Tom Lewis

Listen to the original song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDi04i8dWao

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Well me father often told me when I was just a lad

A spaceman’s life was very hard, the food was all freeze-dried

But now I’ve joined the Starfleet and I’m trekking through the stars

And now I’ve found a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore

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[CHORUS]

Don’t strap in for launch

Don’t count down to T

If you see a sleeper ship you might be crazy

Just get your phasers ready for another run ashore

A spaceman ain’t a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore

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The chief engineer, he says we’ve had it soft

It wasn’t like this in his day when he took shuttlecraft

We like our beams and transporters, but what’s a shuttle for?

Flying through an atmosphere or lying on the floor?

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[CHORUS]

Don’t strap in for launch

Don’t count down to T

If you see a sleeper ship you might be crazy

Just get your phasers ready for another run ashore

A spaceman ain’t a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore

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They gave us a warp drive that first sat on the ground

Then with more technology, the drive went up and down

We’re good with antimatter, but what’s an impulse for?

A rocket ain’t a rocket with a nozzle anymore

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[CHORUS]

Don’t strap in for launch

Don’t count down to T

If you see a sleeper ship you might be crazy

Just get your phasers ready for another run ashore

A spaceman ain’t a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore

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They gave us a viewing screen, we can do it right

They gave us subspace radio, we signal day and night

We know our hailing frequencies, but what’s a keyboard for?

A button-pusher doesn’t push a button anymore

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[CHORUS]

Don’t strap in for launch

Don’t count down to T

If you see a sleeper ship you might be crazy

Just get your phasers ready for another run ashore

A spaceman ain’t a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore

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They gave us a phaser bank to shoot the Klingons there

So now the gunner’s sitting at a console with a chair

M-5 does navigation, the sensor says how deep

The core says it’ll overheat, the skipper’s fast asleep

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[CHORUS]

Don’t strap in for launch

Don’t count down to T

If you see a sleeper ship you might be crazy

Just get your phasers ready for another run ashore

A spaceman ain’t a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore

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So two Romulan Ales a day and that’s the bleeding lot

Now we get an extra two because they’ve stopped the tot

So we’ll put on our phaser guns and find a club ashore

A spaceman’s still a spaceman, just like he was before

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[CHORUS]

Don’t strap in for launch

Don’t count down to T

If you see a sleeper ship you might be crazy

Just get your phasers ready for another run ashore

A spaceman ain’t a spaceman ain’t a spaceman anymore