(Star Trek) "Red Shirt Dead Shirt" An Original Song

My latest FAWM song. An ode to the fallen red shirts of Star Trek: The Original Series. All names taken from Memory Alpha. All mispronunciations are my fault.

LYRICS:
There's lots of things can happen in space
There's no telling what you will face
There's only one way to save your head
Never wear the color red
If you don't think I'm telling the truth
There's lots of ways to prove it to you

A red shirt is a dead shirt. Yes, I'm sure
A yellow or blue shirt is more secure
Check your division before you leave
'Cause no one on board will hear you scream
Unless you're wearing green

Matthews and Rayburn were the first
Got strangled and thrown by the guy who played Lurch
They set the tone for the times ahead
And Carlisle and Marple wound up dead
They lost Rizzo, Sam and Grant
And lightning struck down poor Kaplan

A red shirt is a dead shirt. Yes, I'm sure
A yellow or blue shirt is more secure
Check your division before you leave
'Cause no one on board will hear you scream
Unless you're wearing green

Mallory and Hendroff now are gone
Like Leslie Thompson, who turned to stone
O'Herlihy, Compton, and Harper, too
With Watson and Wyatt met their doom
John B. Watkins also died
And don't forget those unidentified

A red shirt is a dead shirt. Yes, I'm sure
A yellow or blue shirt is more secure
Check your division before you leave
'Cause no one on board will hear you scream
Unless you're wearing green

Allow me if I may
to be a little grim
The last words they will say
Are "He's dead, Jim."

A red shirt is a dead shirt. Yes, I'm sure
A yellow or blue shirt is more secure
Check your division before you leave
'Cause no one on board will hear you scream
Unless you're wearing green

A red shirt is a dead shirt. Yes, I'm sure
A yellow or blue shirt is more secure
Check your division before you leave
'Cause no one on board will hear you scream
Unless you're wearing green
Unless you're wearing green

Download the MP3 here: http://www.mediafire.com/?omveodnoiut

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Red
• Shirt
• Dead
• Tally
• Deushane
• Ukulele
• Live2TiVo
• FAWM
• Star
• Trek

[redheadedgolem]

Is that the clawhammer technique?

[live2tivo]

@redheadedgolem I had to look it up to check, but yes. That's how I've always played.

[beagletaylor01]

Hey i am a huge fan and was wondering if i could cover this song on my channel please????

[live2tivo]

@beagletaylor01 Of course! Just make sure you credit me as who wrote the song and link me when it's posted!

[billindge]

Great song of course :-D good to see your enjoying the capo :-)

[live2tivo]

@billindge Thank you, as always. I am totally digging the capo. It's so much fun!

[Durandal]

I think I love you.

[JENDALL714]

Wow, you are a female Abed, total pop culture junkie! Are you in show biz or trying to get into show business?

[omanofx]

good song, but you need buy you a new voice

[pundragon7]

Tally! A friend found your song and posted it on FB. As on old Trekker, I LOVE the song! I have a T shirt from the 1970s Star Trek Convention days in NYC. It's red, has white lettering "Starship Security" above a white bull's eye design placed right over the heart. Perfect match with your song! Glad that the original ST has touched you & left a legacy. Live long and prosper. JAM

[garrin7]

you are HOT

[trekkie4life66]

this needs more views! I love it!

[TheStarwarsiscool]

there dead jim!

[TheMychalRenee]

amazing song is amazing.

[screwlost42]

goddamn the more of your posts I check out the harder I lagh. Thank you for bringing a big smile to this geeks face!

[DanimalKingdom]

this song is a lot better than i thought it was going to be