The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
FIRST: I want to apologise, I couldn't make out some of the words. But I've uploaded what I heard:
Captain's gone on holiday,
First day he's been away,
and Data's down in Engineering for repairs.
Dr Crushers got a cold,
Wesley's only 12 years old,
and all the other children are mind controlled.
Who will lead the crew? What are we to do?
When the enemy ship comes into view,
When the crunch is on,
who will take the conn?
Geordi's visors on the blink,
Deanna Troi is on the brink,
O' brien's been re-assigned to Deep Space Nine,
Barcley's on the holodeck,
Tasha's dead and Ro's a wreck,
-----------not on Star Trek,
Who will lead the crew? What are we to do?
When the enemy ship comes into view,
Who's to be obeyed when the Borg invade?
This is just what I was afraid of.
Mr Worf comes through,
Mr Worf will lead the crew,
Mr Worf's our man,
Mr Worf will take command.
- - - - - - - - - - - -
And I'm not just thinking about myself
I'm afraid for all our lives,
And Worf's good job on the Enterprise!
We wouldn't care...
If Data's cat was in power.
We wouldn't care...
we'd follow her.
If we received...
our orders from Nurse Ogawa,
We'd be relieved...
We'd say 'Yes, Sir!'
Weren't you the one,
who pointed your gun,
at the viewscreen and you tried to stun,
At the pretty image of Q,
What were you trying to do?
I seem to remember that was you...
Mr Worf can get mad,
You're the best Klingon we've ever had.
Mr Worf you must see,
we need a different kind of security,
We're glad you're strong and brave,
but we'd prefer our captain who fears the grave,
Our standards aren't that far,
We only ask that we might die!
Worf I am a Klingon, and in my point of view,
it would be dishonourable to cower like the rest of you.
I have the ridges of a warrior
I do not fear death
I dispose of -----
with a flourish of my Bat'leth
Starfleet's only Klingon,
I'm a full Liuetenant Commander
I've got two dead wives
and a son named Alexander
No matter what I do to detest
I'll kill them all
before I maim the rest.
So be it a romulan Warbird
or a Cargo Freighter
I'll fire phasers first
and ask questions later.
Captain's gone on holiday,
First day he's been away,
and Data's down in Engineering for repairs.
Dr Crushers got a cold,
Wesley's only 12 years old,
and all the other children are mind controlled.
Who will lead the crew? What are we to do?
When the enemy ship comes into view,
When the crunch is on,
who will take the conn?
Geordi's visors on the blink,
Deanna Troi is on the brink,
O' brien's been re-assigned to Deep Space Nine,
Barcley's on the holodeck,
Tasha's dead and Ro's a wreck,
-----------not on Star Trek,
Who will lead the crew? What are we to do?
When the enemy ship comes into view,
Who's to be obeyed when the Borg invade?
This is just what I was afraid of.
Mr Worf comes through,
Mr Worf will lead the crew,
Mr Worf's our man,
Mr Worf will take command.
- - - - - - - - - - - -
And I'm not just thinking about myself
I'm afraid for all our lives,
And Worf's good job on the Enterprise!
We wouldn't care...
If Data's cat was in power.
We wouldn't care...
we'd follow her.
If we received...
our orders from Nurse Ogawa,
We'd be relieved...
We'd say 'Yes, Sir!'
Weren't you the one,
who pointed your gun,
at the viewscreen and you tried to stun,
At the pretty image of Q,
What were you trying to do?
I seem to remember that was you...
Mr Worf can get mad,
You're the best Klingon we've ever had.
Mr Worf you must see,
we need a different kind of security,
We're glad you're strong and brave,
but we'd prefer our captain who fears the grave,
Our standards aren't that far,
We only ask that we might die!
Worf I am a Klingon, and in my point of view,
it would be dishonourable to cower like the rest of you.
I have the ridges of a warrior
I do not fear death
I dispose of -----
with a flourish of my Bat'leth
Starfleet's only Klingon,
I'm a full Liuetenant Commander
I've got two dead wives
and a son named Alexander
No matter what I do to detest
I'll kill them all
before I maim the rest.
So be it a romulan Warbird
or a Cargo Freighter
I'll fire phasers first
and ask questions later.
Lyrics submitted by christinesangel100
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