Parody of “Mal's Song”, words and music by
Michelle Dockrey
and
Joss Whedon
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Parody lyrics ©2009-01-16 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
When the starships crawl through the endless void,
And they’re leaving the mother world far behind,
It’s a hundred years with computers to steer,
But there’s things best left to a human mind.
There are trips so long that no man can survive,
There are judgment calls no computer can fake.
There are ways that nerve can be woven with wire
There’s a pilot killed in an asteroid’s wake.
But a wise man learns from a dumb mistake.
It’s the last one that I’ll ever make!
(Chorus)
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So take my heart. Take my hands. Take away the part that stands. Leave me my humanity: Let me take my brain with me. . Take me out into the black. Tell me that I can’t come back. Freeze the crew cryonically. Let me take my brain with me. Let me take my brain with me. |
When you’ve lived my life and you’ve flown where I’ve flown,
Well, you might say a man gets highly skilled.
You know damn well why I’ll continue to fly,
Not retire, just because I got killed.
When you build a ship to sail deep space,
It can’t be crewed by a mortal guy.
I’ve been scanned, transplanted, canned, and enhanced;
It’s a damn good deal when you’d otherwise die.
’Til you’ve had ten lonely years to try.
Then another twenty years go by!
(Chorus)
When you see a man, and he’s only a brain,
Well, you might think his sex drive’s dropped to naught.
But there’s many a man who’s tried his hand,
For the brain retains what the testicles taught.
From the coupler flange to the spindle guide
That comprise my body, to name a few...
And the high-tech robotic connecting rod,
Is equipped with sensitive circuitry too...
Don’t you tell me what I cannot do!
Don’t expect me to explain to you!
(Chorus)