Forwarded by the ASC-VSO Posted: 27 May 2004 04:05:20 GMT In: alt.startrek.creative From: gojirob@aol.comendspam (Rob Morris) Title : Nine Author : Rob Morris Contact : gojirob@aol.comendspam Archive : www.southroad.com/brightfame Series : DS9 Type : Song-Filk of 'Stand' by REM Characters : N/A Part : 1/1 Rating : PG Summary : Since SpikeTV is at least running them regularly, this came to mind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- Nine by Rob Morris (Set to the tune of 'Stand' by REM) Nine is the place where we live, Deep Space Nine; Orbit above Bajor, right next to the Prophets wormhole; DS Nine is the place where we work, All at Ops; Emisarry and his young son both seeking to start a new life Here is Kira, who was supposed to be Ro; Here are the TNGers, Miles and Keiko Quark, Garak and Odo provide the outsiders jive Bashir has altered genes; Dax has led several lives Nine is the place where we fight, Cardies first; Scheming to take back the place; Wonder why they never succeed DS Nine is the place where we love, Most in vain; The only people who do worse dwell in the Joss Whedon shows Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around The villains are bitter and prideful we see; Making them complex; Makes for good TV Dukat went insane; Winn joined the fallen; Sloane broke the laws; Eddington was annoying Nine is where we won the war, Dominion plots; Odo's people were shapeashifters, had the Vorta and Jem'Hadar; Nine is where our characters grew; Even Quark Rom Grand Nagus; Nog Lieutenant Worf Ambassador We had our weak spots; Like the MU eps Some standalones stank; Wacky Ferengi were next In staggered syndication we near lost our way; But now we're all on every single day; Sooo... Nine is the place where we live, Deep Space Nine; Odo watching Quark's scams, Bashir stalking Dax after Dax; DS Nine is the place where we work, Defiant or No; Look for Captain Sisko wonder why he isn't there anymore... -------------------------------------------- "Your would-be attackers don't like you. Your would-be rescuers don't like you. Harry, *most* people don't like you." - Peter Kirk to Harry Mudd, 'Lawful Warrant' -- Forwarded to ASCL by: Stephen Ratliff ASC Stories Only Forwarding In the Pattern Buffer at: http//trekiverse.crosswinds.net/feed/ ASCL is a stories-only list, no discussion. Comments and feedback should be directed to alt.startrek.creative or directly to the author. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCL/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ASCL-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From ???@??? Fri May 28 21:54:02 2004 X-Persona: Status: U Return-Path: Received: from n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.68]) by sparrow (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1btT1o2DW3NZFjV2 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 18:52:26 -0700 (PDT) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-1977044-13635-1085795517-stephenbratliffasc=earthlink.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com