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| The Ballad of “Firefly” (updated!)
By CABridges
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 19:17
TIMES READ: 3820
RATING: 9
I've had quite a few comments on the little bit of verse in my signature line at the Serenity movie site. Finally decided that sleep wasn't all that important and wrote out the whole song. See what you think.
UPDATED: More verses, and a few tweaks.
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| (to the tune of “The Ballad of Serenity” by Joss Whedon)
UPDATED: added some needed verses, tweaked a few others.
The Ballad of “Firefly”
By C. A. Bridges
(to the tune of “The Ballad of Serenity” by Joss Whedon)
Brand new show, worth a glance
Thought I’d give this one a chance
Now I’m stuck here helplessly
You can’t take my show from me.
Pilots, thugs, crazy girl
Browncoats fighting for their world.
Western sci-fi fantasy
You can’t take my show from me.
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
Captain Mal, Shepherd Book
Both have ethics, one’s a crook
The other one’s a mystery
You can’t take my show from me.
Zoe fights fierce by gosh
The question’s why she married Wash.
He knows all the steps, you see
You can’t take my show from me.
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
Jayne’s the man for combat
Muscles, guns, and cunning hat
Just don’t trust his loyalty
You can’t take my show from me.
Kaylee Frye, engineer
Keeps the ship up in the air
Just on cheerful energy
You can’t take my show from me
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
Simon Tam, he’s got meds
Saved his sister from the feds
Now he fights to keep her free
You can’t take my show from me.
When you’re here, River’s there
Dreams and nightmares everywhere
Hers have tangibility
You can’t take my show from me
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
If you come bearing cash
Inara will give you some... class
Sweet Companion ecstasy
You can’t take my show from me.
Bound by fate, doomed to flee
They’re a close-knit family
Bickering and banditry
You can’t take my show from me
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
Then the crew found firsthand
‘Gainst one thing they could not stand
Network folks’ stupidity
You can’t take my show from me.
Went to watch thieves and whores
All I found were high school scores
Pre-empted to a sad degree
You can’t take my show from me.
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
Take our slot, take our cast
Run them all mixed-up, half-assed
I don't care, there's DVD
You can't take my show from me.
Put the shows on the shelf
I’ll write fanfic for myself.
It’s my gorram reality
You can’t take my show from me.
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
Went online, found a war
This is what they’re fighting for
Browncoats everywhere agree
You can’t take my show from me.
Bought the shows, spread the word
Big damn movie deal’s assured
Now we want a trilogy
You can’t take my show from me.
Nothing left on TV since you took Serenity
But you can’t take my show from me.
(with sincere thanks to Shmuel for help and giggling)
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Ragdoll |
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 21:21 |
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that just made my life.
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Anonymous |
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 02:39 |
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Absolutly excellent, really enjoyed reading this
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Absolutely and utterly shiny! That was so funny! Printing it out right now. ;-D
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*giggles* Thanks!! Thats great!! Shiny even!!
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Anonymous |
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 14:03 |
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BC here:
That was great. :)
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Why didn't I see this sooner? Always the last to know, I swear... Fabulous! Loved it!
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Anonymous |
Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 12:13 |
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That was really fun to read and listen to witht eh firefly song! awesomely creative.
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Anonymous |
Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 15:56 |
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I absolutely LOVE this. very well written and I totally agree! They can't take the show from us browncoats, we're too damn tough and we're gonna keep fighting... ok... umm... ya, i wasn't ranting, not me no way *looks fakely innocent*
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Good stuff. Found myself humming along. I even broke out my guit and sang a couple lines....inspiring!
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I like. So does my alter ego / CinnamonBrandy.
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Anonymous |
Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 10:09 |
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Laughted my... Well, you know what off "I can hear kaylee saying, here's an excelent time to use a sware word"
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Thats so funny and true...
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Anonymous |
Friday, July 08, 2005 - 07:26 |
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Printed it off! Send to Joss somehow. It would be grear on a future gag reel!
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Anonymous |
Monday, July 11, 2005 - 08:06 |
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Hi, FLF here, just gotta say, that was gorram shiny as hell!
Well written and hi-larious.
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Thumbs up from me :D
One of the best I've seen!
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Anonymous |
Monday, September 19, 2005 - 14:24 |
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We just don't get enough of those these days.
The original was actually composed by Sonny Rhodes though.
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Anonymous |
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 13:35 |
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Beautiful indeed.
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Anonymous |
Friday, February 10, 2006 - 01:10 |
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A little long,longer than the series...just kidding That was great! Very funny and nostalgic. I have just learned how to play the ballad..so I will pass on yer lyrics
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