I posted this (but not quite this version) on my LJ, but here's a more refined version that I'm much more proud of. Basically, the song is a tribute and a bit of advice to the Redshirts of Star Trek.
I give you...Redshirt Ladies (Put a Red Shirt On It).
All the Redshirt Ladies!
(All the Redshirt ladies!)
All the Redshirt Ladies!
(All the Redshirt Ladies!)
Now beam us back up!
Up in space
Fresh young face
Doing my engineer thing
Decided to dive
Now I'm not alive
A drill went and vaporized me
In Starfleet school, thought I was cool
In class never paid attention
Studied three years
Volunteered
Too bad I only have three lines
If you're dying then put a red shirt on it
If you're dying then put a red shirt on it
Don't be mad when you see the monster comin'
If you're dying then put a red shirt on it
Oh-oh-oh....etc.
Beamed down from the ship
Phaser on my hip
Hanging with Kirk and McCoy
Klingons appear
And now it's clear
I'm the Enterprise's whipping boy
These away missions, did I mention
Have low employee retention
Now it's my turn
Now I'm gonna learn
Some situations really are no-win
CHORUS
So don't volunteer to be beamed to a world
Don't be that kind of girl
Low decks is what you prefer
Don't get interred
Or xenoforms will gas your or blast you through the galaxy, to infinity and beyond
If you have just two lines
Don't put that red shirt on
If you do, don't be alarmed
'Cause like a ghost, you'll be gone
REPEAT CHORUS AD INFINITUM
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