New Firefly Filk (Spoiler alert)

Karen Rodgers

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Jun 23, 2009, 3:25:57 PM6/23/09

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Spoiler warning, if you haven't seen Firefly yet, don't proceed, and
for heaven's sake, go watch on Hulu, they have it for free and in the
correct order.
http://www.hulu.com/firefly?c=Science-Fiction

Spoiler warning, if you haven't seen Firefly yet, don't proceed

Okey dokey, this should be far enough.

Train Job
Lyrics: Karen Rodgers
Music: Streets of Laredo variant

As I walked out through the streets of Paradiso
As I walked out after robbin' a train
I looked all around me, and saw those folk sufferin'
Needin' the medicine I'd stolen away

I'd taken a job with a bad man named Niska
He hired my crew for to go rob a train
If I had known then what I would learn later
Right then and there I'd've turned him down plain

But my crew took that medicine right out of the frieght car
Found out in town what we really had took
Medicine needed to treat Bodin's sickness
You get it by livin' there, and that left me shook

To hell with Niska and his dirty money
We gave back the meds, then we went on our way
I may be a thief, but I've got a clear concience
I can look in the mirror at the end of the day

This then now travelers is the end of my story
I ain't got no moral at the end of this tale
But I won't take from folks who have got less than nothin'
In this goram 'verse some things just aren't for sale

That's it. What do you think?

Thanks,

Karen R.

Sean Cleary

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Jun 23, 2009, 8:27:01 PM6/23/09

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On Jun 23, 12:25 pm, Karen Rodgers

<n...@a.valid.address.for.newsgroups> wrote:
> Spoiler warning, if you haven't seen Firefly yet, don't proceed, and
> for heaven's sake, go watch on Hulu, they have it for free and in the

> correct order.http://www.hulu.com/firefly?c=Science-Fiction

I like this song.
Sean

Sandy Tyra

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Jun 24, 2009, 11:43:46 AM6/24/09

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Karen Rodgers wrote:

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> In this goram 'verse some things just aren't for sale
>
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> That's it. What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karen R.

Bravo!

Sandy

Karen Rodgers

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Jun 25, 2009, 10:27:43 AM6/25/09

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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:27:01 -0700 (PDT), Sean Cleary
<seanea...@juno.com> wrote:

>> That's it. �What do you think?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Karen R.
>
>I like this song.
>Sean

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Karen R.

Karen Rodgers

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Jun 25, 2009, 10:31:18 AM6/25/09

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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:43:46 GMT, Sandy Tyra <sa...@planet-tyra.com>
wrote:

>> That's it. What do you think?
>>

>

>Bravo!

I hope I got Malcolm's voice written correctly. This thing got stuck
in my brain after introducing my Dad to Firefly. It hit me that
"Streets of Larado" would survive, and like all folk songs, be reused,
again, and again, and again...

Thanks Sandy.

Karen R.

Free Bard Magpie

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Jun 25, 2009, 11:42:20 AM6/25/09

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On Jun 23, 12:25 pm, Karen Rodgers
<n...@a.valid.address.for.newsgroups> wrote:

> Spoiler warning, if you haven't seen Firefly yet, don't proceed, and
> for heaven's sake, go watch on Hulu, they have it for free and in the

> correct order.http://www.hulu.com/firefly?c=Science-Fiction

if I can find a group to record with I'll do a johnny cash style
version! with your permission of course.

Sandy Tyra

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Jun 25, 2009, 11:51:45 AM6/25/09

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It sounded right to me. You might change "aren't" in the last line to
"ain't." Other than that, it's dead on.

Sandy

Karen Rodgers

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Jun 25, 2009, 11:57:34 AM6/25/09

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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:42:20 -0700 (PDT), Free Bard Magpie
<spha...@gmail.com> wrote:

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>if I can find a group to record with I'll do a johnny cash style
>version! with your permission of course.

Gone to email.

Karen R.