Never Grow Up, Never Surrender!

[bnewman]

Galaxy Quest, just like Peter Pan, is about the power of imagination, and about erasing the line between pretending to be on a ship fighting pirates and actually being on a ship fighting pirates. And the catchphrases are a good match, too.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Neverland" by Heather Alexander

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( A E D D4~2 / A D E - / 1st / A D G - E - )

 

[whistling the theme from Galaxy Quest]

 

/ A E D E / / D A D E / /

 

Once I was an actor, in space opera I played

But then my show was canceled, and the cast drifted away

'Til one day at a convention, a kid came up to me and said:

Come quick, Commander, it's time to save the galaxy again!

 

His costume looked familiar — a ragged tunic, elfin green

I said: We're not quite your genre — He replied: What do you mean?

I go where there's adventuring and tales of piracy

I won't grow up, I never swore I'd never watch TV!

 

/ D A D EA / / / D A D E A / DA D E A /

 

"Never give up, never surrender!" was our battle cry

But I never believed that the ship we flew could really fly

And I never expected to hear the call again within my heart

Never say never, this is how new adventures start

Never fear, this is how new adventures start

 

We beamed aboard the starship; I was filled with childish joy

The kid said: My name's Peter Pan, my crew lost girls and boys

Always play and always fighting, the space pirates never yield

C'mon, let's go steal the power core from their moon's deflector shield!

 

Now, Tink here is a being of pure psionic energy

The perfect thief — six inches tall, and immune to gravity!

While she sneaks in, we'll draw their fire — and you can go in first! —

So fight your best, for pirate scum will always fight their worst!

 

"Never give up, never surrender!" was our battle cry...

 

We set off in a shuttlecraft, bound for the pirate moon

When we saw what we were up against, I thought that we were doomed

The pirate chief who faced us when we set off the alarm

Was a scaly bug-eyed monster with a huge robotic arm!

 

Of what came after that, I'll only say we didn't fail

It's up to your imaginations now to complete this tale

Pan laughed: Whatever made you think your crew'd be out of place?

When you steer straight towards a star, don't you end up in outer space?

 

Now "Never grow up, never surrender!" is our battle cry

Never a doubt, as long as kids believe that starships fly

Wherever we're tossed, be it ancient seas or future skies

We'll never get lost, while we can steer by the stars in children's eyes

Never lost, we'll steer by the stars in children's eyes