Author's Note: This is sung by Shera, to the tune of the song "I Am A Pioneer." I only heard the song once, so I doubt my reworking of it is good- but you get the idea.
Disclaimers: "I Am A Pioneer" and Shera don't belong to me. Wish they did, but . . . anyway. Onward!
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I AM AN ENGINEER
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By now you surely know that I am an engineer
Mechanics are my mission
I always see the problem- and beyond

By now you surely know that I am an engineer
Reworking the greatest circuits
My key is a guilty heart
So wrenched and so torn
People laugh when you are an engineer
Working for the ranting Cid Highwind
They tell me I should just leave
Don't know I'm forlorn

I can't change my faults
By packing up my things
Got to make amends
(Got to mend those C-couplings)
So I stay with the Captain

By day and by night
So that one day he'll have his spaceflight

I am tired of constant swearing
And I wish that I was free
But I have to stay here
Freedom's not for me
I can use all my skills
Repair what I've undone
And when that is finished I have won

Some say I should leave here
Forget them all- I'm an engineer!

Can't you see that I am an engineer
Someone who does, not says
I fix what I broke through my errors
I can tell I want to be an engineer
I want to remake my mistake


(Solo: Cid swearing blue fire, and Shera calmly and obediently replying. It ends with the captain yelling "Damn, woman, you're *&#$ing useless!")

I can't change my faults
By packing up my things
So I will make amends
(And I'll mend all those couplings)
I awake every morning
Knowing that my place
Is helping Cid Highwind
Reach the road to outer space!

Some say that I should leave her
Get bent, you *&%#ers- I'm an engineer!

I'll make my journey as a lowly engineer
Unlocked the secrets of space
Won't listen to Reeve
Who says I should leave
They can't stop me when I'm an engineer
Though my guilt is my big reason
I truly love my work
In my mission I believe
It's a job for engineers
Like me

Through my life I'll be an engineer
I'll work always on my mission
So Cid can travel away, far beyond
My destiny- to be an engineer
To make sure the captain moves forward
He is the one they're all counting on
But I'll be an engineer forevermore!