Music|Parody (Filk) Songs

The Outer Space Marines

By Jeff Duntemann

To: "The Marine Hymn"


From the pits of Aldebaran Nine
To the Webs of Sigma Grex
We will make a better man of you
Irregardless of your sex!
Though the Klingons kick dust in your face
You will know you're worth your beans
When you come and sell your soul to us
In the Outer Space Marines!


When the drill instructor yells "LEFT FACE!"
Better hear those eyeballs click.
If you have three faces never mind;
Toss a coin and take your pick.
When you're shipped out you'll see lots of space
And some mighty strange latrines;
And you'll rue the day you ever heard
Of the Outer Space Marines!


If you've two legs, four legs, six or eight;
Seventeen or none at all;
When the troop ship dumps you to your fate
You will hit the mud and crawl.
Whether Earthman, Kklup, or Zapphotuul,
When the buzz-beam's burning red,
There is just one universal rule:
Guard your ass and duck your head!