Parody of “Someone To Watch Over Me”, words by
Ira Gershwin
, music by
George Gershwin
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Parody lyrics ©2022-10-09 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
Boldly going where no one’s sought to try.
‘cept those living there, just to clarify.
It’s our job to seek each strange new place in space to die
In obscurity, facing awful fates,
Where Security dies at highest rates.
Only men in red shirts, never our crew mates.
I’d like to add “five-year mission” to my résumé
Tell me why only ensigns die right away.
There’s an officer who’s always, it seems,
Eager to beam down with a team
Someday he’ll beam down with me
If I come along to keep him secure
I might for sure die premature
Not those who’ll beam down with me
Death plagues the places we get trapped in
But not for the captain
His own lease on life is rent-free.
Someone tell him please to put on a shirt?
What could it hurt? A yellow alert.
Someday he’ll beam down with me.