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I can't remember if I've put this one up in the past, but the search function didn't turn up anything, so...
Rocket Ride, by Tom Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jrqaRZ1RIU
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Quote: Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,

Nothing worth doing that I haven't tried.

There ain't no living on planet-side,

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.
How many cities crumble into dust

At the first atomic attack?

How many self-aware, wise, and just

Computers will we have to hack?

How many supercars will turn to rust

'Cause we don't have a spare or a jack?

Give me technology we can trust,

And give it fins like a Cadillac.

I want a shining tower of glass and steel,

A rubber jumpsuit and a freeze-dried meal,

The will to survive, the need to explore,

The love of adventure, who could ask for more?

Quote: I want you, baby, right by my side,

Help me get out before my brain is fried.

The stars are waiting, so big and wide,

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.
How many demons out in cyberspace

Will possess every hacker's will?

How many members of a master race

Will come closing in for the kill?

How many xenomorphs will change their face,

And then hunt us down for a thrill?

Give me a villain with style and grace,

And a little bit of fencing skill.

They used to be angular, sneering and bald,

If someone got killed even they were appalled,

They tried to marry the heroine, no thought of rape,

And they sure as hell knew how to wear a cape.

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They never tortured, they never lied,

They'd honor a promise if it meant they died.

Let's find a villain with professional pride,

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

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Terminators, Life Force, Robot Jox, Predators,

Lots of things that know how to flense,

Defenestrate 'em out the doors, gimme gimme Star Wars,

Bring back the Children of the Lens.

Puppet Master, Child's Play, Fright Night, Judgment
Day,

Jason, Freddy, Michael, and Stripe,

Let Frankenstein, Ardeth Bey, and Kong chase them all away,

The Movie Snatchers' pods are overripe.

I want more than action and special effects,

To think about what might happen next,

A hero, not a weapons shop with pecs,

A heroine, not an excuse for sex.

I want a bubble helmet matting down my hair,

The ground giving way to the open air,

The joy and wonder as I head out there,

And I know I can have it, if I only dare.

How many bodybuilding macho jerks

Will blow everything full of holes?

How many imitation Captain Kirks

Will spill beer on the ship's controls?

How many stupid personality quirks

Will we see instead of souls?

Give me my baby and a ship that works,

And give us the starring roles.

I want to cruise the galaxy at FTL,

Pursuing Heaven and defying Hell,

I want to do everything that a man can do,

And I want to do it all out there with you.

Quote:
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,

Nothing worth doing that I haven't tried.

There ain't no living on planet-side,

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,

Nothing worth doing that I haven't tried.

There ain't no living on planet-side,

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.
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Possible gatesong to Fenspace?
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
Sounds about right. If not Fenspace, then some other Space Opera setting (Star Wars, TOS-era Star Trek, or the like.)

Alternately, it's not a gatesong, but rather YAFS, like "I Am a Pioneer" permitting superluminal speeds in space, but letting Doug take someone with him.
Well, as I don't think Rob specified what song actually http://home.eclipse.net/~rms/rkgg00.html]took Doug to Fenspace, why not this one?
ETA:  For that matter, it should probably be the "national anthem" of Fenspace.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.