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As you may know, Lawrence Dean's wonderful song, "Second-Hand Heaven," (about a charming used bookstore) was nominated for WON (!) a 2021 Pegasus award. It's a great song, and the lyrics and tune are both original with Lawrence. Here's the Pegasus listing: http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/second-hand-heaven.html That said, I heard it so many times this year that a filk of it started to creep up on me, until finally a few days ago at FoTLR I couldn't hold it back any longer!
Lawrence says he's looking forward to hearing it, and I hope to oblige him at the next opportunity :-)
N.B.: although they all scan alike, the verse tune is different from the chorus and bridge tunes.
Second-Hand Knowledge (a Galaxy Quest homage to Lawrence Dean) by Heather L Preston 9/19/21
[Chorus (before each verse, until final chorus):]
We didn’t know when we left the Grand Ope’ning
Just where that limo our Captain would bring –
We just piled right in, to be part of the gig then,
But, what came next was a helluva thing!
Thermians really are cephalopodic
Great re-creators of all that they’ve seen,
But they believed in our show episodic
And for-our aid they were ever so keen!
Sarris was after an ultimate weapon
So he required the Omega-13
But we didn’t know what that bugger was used for –
It only showed up in the series’ last scene!
[Bridge:]
Brandon has led us now, all through the ductwork
Through chompers and flamers, although who knows why?
And-we’ve won the ship back, through courage and teamwork
Though Gwen still insists that the writers should die…
[Final Chorus:]
With thanks to Marc Grossman and Bob Kanefsky for cogent arguments in favor of “littered” 😊
Lawrence says he's looking forward to hearing it, and I hope to oblige him at the next opportunity :-)
N.B.: although they all scan alike, the verse tune is different from the chorus and bridge tunes.
Second-Hand Knowledge (a Galaxy Quest homage to Lawrence Dean) by Heather L Preston 9/19/21
[Chorus (before each verse, until final chorus):]
Sneaking around in a Thermian spaceship
Corridors closed by Sarris’s crew
So we must rely on a small band of true-fen
Second-hand knowledge, and the ship’s fiction, too!
Corridors closed by Sarris’s crew
So we must rely on a small band of true-fen
Second-hand knowledge, and the ship’s fiction, too!
We didn’t know when we left the Grand Ope’ning
Just where that limo our Captain would bring –
We just piled right in, to be part of the gig then,
But, what came next was a helluva thing!
Thermians really are cephalopodic
Great re-creators of all that they’ve seen,
But they believed in our show episodic
And for-our aid they were ever so keen!
Sarris was after an ultimate weapon
So he required the Omega-13
But we didn’t know what that bugger was used for –
It only showed up in the series’ last scene!
[Bridge:]
Fighting all odds and rock monsters and blue things
All to obtain a beryllium sphere –
Funny to think it’s the strange way we do things
Is why, unpredictably, we are still here!
[Instrumental]All to obtain a beryllium sphere –
Funny to think it’s the strange way we do things
Is why, unpredictably, we are still here!
Brandon has led us now, all through the ductwork
Through chompers and flamers, although who knows why?
And-we’ve won the ship back, through courage and teamwork
Though Gwen still insists that the writers should die…
[Final Chorus:]
Flying around in a Thermian spaceship
Corridors littered with Sarris’ crushed crew
We’ll always rely on our great group of true-fen
For their deep lore, and belief in us, too!
For their deep lore, and belief in us, too!
Corridors littered with Sarris’ crushed crew
We’ll always rely on our great group of true-fen
For their deep lore, and belief in us, too!
For their deep lore, and belief in us, too!
With thanks to Marc Grossman and Bob Kanefsky for cogent arguments in favor of “littered” 😊
