Oh! Let me tell you an old story
of exploration, ships and glory
of quiet peace and restoration
of quiet love, true hearts and patience
A story without moral telling
without fear or death a'knelling
A story to believe in life
and hope against the eternal strife
of systems in our galaxy
Where aggression under alchemy
through time, words, small aggravations
transforms old enemies to persuasion
Alliance opened to dialogue
Silence banished into the fogs
of time preceding.
Let me sing to you this legend
the fabled, famous warp core engines
of the United Star Ship Enterprise
Transformer Room, please energize
Beam up the Captain James T. Kirk
First Officer Spock of Vulcan and Earth
Leonard McCoy and Nyota Uhura
Pavel Andreyevich, Hikaru Sulu
Montgomery Scott, Keenser, Chris Chapel
Carol Marcus and bridge crew, stations ready to rattle
Lt. Madeleine, Lt. Darwin, Mr. 0718
Lt. Hannity, Ensign Brackett, Engineer Deepak Singhate,
Dr. M'Benga, Lt. al'Hassan, Ensign Shuuji Nakamura
Nurse Mandela, Dr. Xu, Yeoman Driss Butumbura
Engineering, science, command and helm
Security, operations, medical personnel
One thousand crew members searching space's deep reaches
One thousand true lives seeking worlds and new creatures
Each species they meet, they meet to express
Wonder, amazement, compassion, respect
Each conflict they find, they work to keep death
outside the solution, bordered and checked
This is the Enterprise and her crew
Her five year journey, heading to
strange new worlds and civilizations
strange new planets and unknown locations
the border of the galaxy
with hand held out in amnesty
to keep the peace and bridge all shortage
to live life with conviction and with courage
Oh! Let me tell you of their journey
Sit down, drink deep, and fear no Fermi
twists of plot and situation
danger, darkness, quick evasion
This story has a joyful ending
For life is short, and grief is rending
The Captain, Spock, and Enterprise
loved of all else, to laugh and rise.