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Shield

from Full of Filk by Cathy McManamon

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Also written in 2012, getting my two parodies out of the way the same year! This is tongue-in-cheek reference to...well, you'll know. Live long and...sparkle in the debris!

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I was downstairs in the engine room
Waiting for your command
I felt explosions as the lasers hit
I heard the screams from Decks 5 & 6
I said "Hey Captain, would you like to raise the shield?"

Now it's easy to feel some panic
When surrounded by enemy ships
But I once thought you were in command
I once thought that you were competent
Something you'll never hear from anyone again

Oh we are about to croak
All of these lives lost just 'cause you said no
You took a moment to hesitate
Tried to negotiate, and now it's far too late
Oh, they're just blowing us away

When we're blasted into atoms
And we're sparkling in the debris
When the fleet arrives to investigate
When they try to figure what went wrong
They'll pick up my last transmission:
"He refused to raise the shield!"

Oh we are about to croak
All of these lives lost just 'cause you said no
You took a moment to hesitate
Tried to negotiate, and now it's far too late
Oh, they're just blowing us away

When we're blasted into atoms
And we're sparkling in the debris
When the fleet arrives to investigate
When they try to figure what went wrong
They'll pick up my last transmission:
"He refused to raise the shield!"

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from Full of Filk, released October 6, 2023

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Cathy McManamon Chicago, Illinois

Cathy is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/drummer in Chicago who occasionally performs solo, but more often in the Pegasus Award-winning duo Random Fractions (with Jason Neerenberg. She is the former drummer for the filk rock band Toyboat.

Cathy is also a studio musician and arranger for Canticles Productions & Dreamflight Theatrical Gymnastics, a drum circle facilitator, and a guitar teacher. ... more

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