Yes, it's been done a couple of times before, but my muse didn't care
about that. I think this is sufficiently different.

Also, Firefly/Serenity spoilers.

Titles: Reavers
ttto: Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her

Have you seen those ships that are full of fiends
Reavers, they are reavers
The scariest things I've seen since I weaned
Are those ships chock-full of reavers

(Chorus:)
B'lieve me, there are reavers
Believe me, there are reavers
They are not just myth and they fill their ships
And you must beware of reavers

They'll rape and kill and take your skin
Reavers, they are reavers
And that is why we can't let them win
All those ships chock-full of reavers

(chorus)

Are they people who have seen the void?
Reavers, they are reavers
Just like you and I, but their minds destroyed?
All those ships chock-full of reavers

(chorus)

One tenth percent who received that Pax
Reavers, they are reavers
They turned mindless brutes and did not relax
All those ships chock-full of reavers

(chorus)

In the most fraught flight of Serenity
Reavers, to the reavers
They discovered, aired the obscenity
That Alliance made the reavers

(last chorus:)
Now all know there are reavers
The Alliance made the reavers
Through their horrors braved, we have all been saved
Now we know the truth of reavers


My lyrics copyright 2021 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
1. copyright notice is maintained, and
2. no money changes hands.

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Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

Guessing a lyricist's opinions from his songs is as futile as
guessing an author's opinions from his novels.

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Arthur T. <arthur@munged.invalid> wrote:

Yes, it's been done a couple of times before, but my muse didn't care
about that. I think this is sufficiently different.

Also, Firefly/Serenity spoilers.

Titles: Reavers
ttto: Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her

Have you seen those ships that are full of fiends
Reavers, they are reavers
The scariest things I've seen since I weaned
Are those ships chock-full of reavers

Neatly done! Have a follower.

"Pain Grows Where Insanity Goes"
ttto "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"
New lyrics by Jeff Urs 2006

People say we're crazy
Because out there in space we
Gazed upon eternity,
And now pain grows
Where insanity goes,
And nobody knows
Like me.

But I'll tell ya, fella,
It's 'cause we had a smell o'
Gas supposed to bring us peace
That the pain grows
Where insanity goes,
And nobody knows
Like me.

There's something about that mind-bending drug,
Making people just shrug
Till they've wasted away,
But me it's making madder than hell,
Till I shriek and I yell
And I just want to slay.

Now we've caught you, baby,
It seems to me that maybe
You'll be screaming endlessly,
Because pain grows
Where insanity goes,
And nobody knows
Like me.

Yes, the pain grows
Till your sanity goes,
And nobody knows
Like me.

--
Jeff

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In Message-ID:<s33ig1$tdi$1@dont-email.me>,
Jeff Urs <jeff.urs@gmail.com> wrote:

Neatly done! Have a follower.

"Pain Grows Where Insanity Goes"
ttto "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"
New lyrics by Jeff Urs 2006

Also nice, though it's been years (decades?) since I heard that
original. And it's good to see that not everyone used the same
obvious tune I did.

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Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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On 3/19/21 7:15 PM, Arthur T. wrote:

Just like you and I, but their minds destroyed?

Grammatical note: The preposition "like" takes the objective case, so it
should be "like you and me."

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Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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In Message-ID:<s3532r$elp$1@dont-email.me>,
Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

On 3/19/21 7:15 PM, Arthur T. wrote:

Just like you and I, but their minds destroyed?

Grammatical note: The preposition "like" takes the objective case, so it >should be "like you and me."

I was fairly sure that was the case, but I liked the sound of "I"
better. But if it's obvious enough to point out, it's obvious enough
that it should be changed. Thank you.

And you even managed to get your comment in before Dr. Whom did.

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