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The Star Trek Movies EP

by Alex Berkley

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Well poor Lieutenant Saavik, she didn't know what to do She tried her best but could not pass the Kobayashi Maru And Admiral Kirk was feeling old and it was true Pretty soon he would retire and there would be a brand new crew Oh Bones knew It was much too soon You should be there, the captain's chair It was what you were meant to do And poor Commander Chekov, he didn't know what to say He and Captain Terrell beamed down and found the Botany Bay And Chekov understood they had to beam up right away But they went outside and understood that it was much too late There they met A man quite upset Khan had been on that planet for years He put mind-control worms in their ears And poor Dr. Carol Marcus, she was angry as her son When Chekov said he had to take Genesis for the Federation Kirk was flabbergasted and he diverted the training mission He took control and set the course to meet with the Regula One And with Spock's query Kirk told the story Genesis could terraform But it was also pretty scary And poor Admiral Kirk, he sure was confused When the Reliant started creeping close to the Enterprise and her crew Little did he know the ship was controlled by his ol' pal Khan He didn't listen to Saavik and proceeded with the shields down The Reliant fired And Khan expressed his crazed desire For Admiral Kirk to surrender And turn the Genesis project over Now, it's worth mentioning here why exactly this fella Khan was so mad at the good Admiral Kirk. You see, Khan was a dictator from the eugenics wars of the mid 1990s. He and his friends were frozen and shot into space, where they stayed until the Enterprise found them 200 years later. Khan tried to take over the Enterprise with the help of the mutinous 20th century historian, Lieutenant McGivers. When his several attempts to murder Captain Kirk failed, Kirk sent Khan to the nearby planet, Ceti Alpha Five. However, six months after arriving, Ceti Alpha Five became a dried up desert waste land. Many of Khan's buddies, including Lieutenant McGivers, died, and Khan spent 15 long years dreaming of killing his old friend, Kirk. Now there's a lesson to be learned here, you see: When you gallop among the cosmos as long as me You make a lot of friends But you also make a couple enemies Well poor ol' Khan, he and his buddies didn't know That the Enterprise could shut his shields down with a simple code And both ships were in bad shape and they needed some repairs So in the meantime Kirk and co beamed down to the planet to see what was there There they met up With Terrell and Chekov The mind-controlling worm Made Captain Terrell kill himself Well Kirk was quite upset that Khan had buried him alive And it didn't help when he found out that Carole had kind of lied See, David was his son, but he'd attacked Kirk with a knife But Carole showed him Genesis, he had never seen the like They beamed back on board And Spock assured Lieutenant Saavik he hadn't lied He'd exaggerated about the time The two ships entered a nebula where they were both nearly blind But Khan didn't seem to care so they continued to fight And to make a long story short, the Enterprise defeated Khan But not before he hit the button to detonate the Genesis bomb Spock knew The needs of the many outweigh the few To save the ship, he died that day And Kirk shot him out of the torpedo bay Now there's a lesson to be learned here, you see: When you gallop among the cosmos as long as me You make a lot of friends But you also make a couple enemies
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Oh we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Oh yes we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock The Federation don't think it needs to keep its flagship locked And so we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Well we're all upset that Mr. Spock died And Dr. McCoy is losing his mind He's got all of Spock's memories inside And Sarek says Spock could be revived I will do whatever I can To get Spock's body back to Vulcan, to Vulcan Oh we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Oh yes we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Captain Douchebag thinks he can chase us out of Space Dock And so we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Saavik saw Genesis was getting wild And she and David found Spock as a child He was aging fast and the planet was doomed And the Klingon Commander and his buddies pursued Saavik said, Spock is coming of age If he doesn't ponn farr he's going to be in a rage Oh we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Oh yes we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock Lieutenant Saavik is doin' ponn farr with teenage Spock And so we're going to steal the Enterprise and search for Spock At Genesis we found the Grissom was gone And in its place a Bird of Prey: The Klingons! The Klingon Commander said, "Kill any one!" And those Klingon bastards, they killed my son I will make them pay with their lives I'll blow them to bits along with the Enterprise Oh we're going to blow up the Enterprise and search for Spock Oh yes we're going to blow up the Enterprise and search for Spock The Klingon Commander looks just like Doc And so we're going to blow up the Enterprise and search for Spock Well, I kicked the Klingon into a lava pit And I got beamed up at the last second We brought Spock home and after some time The Vulcan high priestess had revived his mind Though this trip cost us a pretty penny The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many Oh we're going to blow up the Enterprise and search for Spock Oh yes we're going to blow up the Enterprise and search for Spock The Federation don't think it needs to keep its flagship locked And so we're going to blow up the Enterprise and search for Spock "And the adventure continues!"
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Save the whales Save the whales Save the whales Save the whales We're goin' back in time to save the whales Humankind will perish if we fail So we're goin' back in time to save the whales We're in a lot of trouble For saving our dear friend Now it seems that our voyage is at an end But a mystery probe has come Something on Earth is going wrong It'll kill us if it doesn't hear a whale song Save the whales We're goin' to the 1980s to save the whales When we get home we will probably go to jail But for now we're goin' back to save the whales Time travel's kind of easy We do it all the time Just shoot around the Sun and you'll be fine We'll pick up a couple whales It's easier said than done But it'll take my mind off my recently murdered son We'll use some colorful metaphors We'll sell the gifts we got two movies before We'll show the punks our Vulcan muscles We'll ask around for some nuclear wessels We'll pull off another daring rescue We'll screw with the timeline cause that's what we do We'll stop the evil whalers, and save our whales' lives We'll arrive back precisely in the nick of time Save the whales We're goin' back in time to save the whales Did you ever really doubt that we'd prevail? We went back in time and then we saved the whales
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Some students have trouble with their courses Some jockeys have trouble with their horses Some artists have trouble trying to sell their scribbles But I'm having trouble with tribbles... Some smokers have trouble trying to quit Some virgins have trouble “doing it” Some fiddlers have trouble trying to tune their fiddles But I'm having trouble with tribbles... Some people have trouble getting' physics And others they have trouble writin' lyrics Some MENSA geniuses still have trouble solving riddles But I'm having trouble with tribbles... Never thought it would be like this when I signed up for Star Fleet I thought of all the places I'd go and the pretty girls I would meet But I never really imagined this was how my life would be endin' With a bunch of cute little tribbles clogging up the engine Some gamblers have trouble rolling dice Some Klingons have trouble being nice Some basketball players have trouble with double dribbles But I'm having trouble with tribbles... I'm having so much trouble with tribbles.

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Songs about some Star Trek movies

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released May 29, 2013

Alex Berkley - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Colin Griffin - trumpet

All songs written and recorded by Alex Berkley
Artwork by Kayleigh Small

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Alex Berkley Buffalo, New York

Alex Berkley is a singer/songwriter rooted in Buffalo, NY who has been writing and performing for 13 years or so. Berkley's songs feature melodic poetic lyrics with a pinch of whimsy and wit. His debut album, Lists & Listlessness, has been called, "Awesome," by many of his close friends. Most recently, Berkley completed his third volume of fun-a-day songs in February 2015. ... more

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