[294] in Humor
HUMOR: Bye Bye USS Enterprise
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Fri May 27 22:03:11 1994
From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 27 May 94 21:57:50 EDT
Date: Fri, 27 May 94 07:57:53 PDT
From: Connie_Kleinjans@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
From several sources...
USS ENTERPRISE
(to the tune of American Pie)
by John Martz
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that starship used to make me feel
And I knew if I had my way
That I could make those people stay
And maybe we'd be happy for a while
But Paramount filled me with woe
They cancelled my favorite Sci Fi show
Bad news on the Enterprise
Jean-Luc said his last "Energize"
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about their final ride
But something touched me deep inside
The day that Star Trek died
So,
CHORUS
Bye, bye U.S.S. Enterprise
Our Starship was a great ship, but it no longer flies
And that Starship crew was drinking synthetic rye
Singing "This will be the day that I die",
"This will be the day that I die."
Did you write the Prime Directive
And are your outer shields protective
Paramount wasn't groovy
At least you'll be back in the movie
Can sequels save your mortal soul
And why does warp now always seem so slow
Well, I know that you'll be back again
'Cause I saw you in a convention
You said you will be back
Paramount doesn't ever slack
I was a lonely trekker, with just enough
Had a communicator and alot of stuff
But I knew I breathed my last puff
On the day that Star Trek died
I started singing...
CHORUS
Now for sev'n years we've been on our own
Aliens proving we're not alone
But that's not how it used to be
Though we all know The Next Generation
Started with Q at Farpoint Station
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while Picard was looking down
That Q, he chased our ship around
The courtroom was adjourned *
No verdict was returned *
And now Picard doesn't want to go
So Q comes back for the final show
And we yelled no no no no no
The day that Star Trek died
We were singing...
CHORUS
The seventh season is almost done now
Those last two hours won't seem so fun now
That one day is comin' fast
Picard flies through future and past
He's always the one who Q's harrassed
At least this time it will be his very last
Now the Enterprise was made for me
Picard and all his Earl grey Tea
We all sit down to look
Oh, at the last chapter of his book
'Cause those last two hours should be great
When Q wipes clean Jean-Luc's slate
Do you recall what was revealed
The day that Star Trek died
We started singing...
CHORUS
Oh, and there we were all in one place *
A generation lost in space *
But no time left to start again *
So come Picard be nimble, Jean-Luc be quick
The omnipotent Q, he makes you sick
'Cause trick'ry's the Continuum's only friend
Oh, and as I watched the final show
It was the only way to go
No angel born in hell
Could break that Q boy's spell
And as the ship flew deep into the night
To fly its final flight
I saw that Q laughing with delight
The day that Star Trek died
He was singing...
CHORUS
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the Star Trek club
Where I'd watched the show n' eat my grub
But the leader said the show wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The Trekkies cried and the Trekkers dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The Translators all were broken
And the three men I admire most
Kirk, Picard and The Great Bird's ghost
They caught the wag'n train for the stars
The day that Star Trek died
And they were singing...
CHORUS
They was singing...
CHORUS
[ By the way, the starred lines are some of those which I didn't change
from the original and seem kind of coincidental. ]
