Paradise By the Baseship Alight.
Hahaha, you let me in front of a keyboard for too long! It’s your fault, not mine! This is mostly the movie (but I still want MS and RDA singing it!) This is the result of too many regimental karaokes. Next thing you know, it will be ‘Like A Virgin’ (followed with the brilliantly inspired chorus of ‘BOLL~’ *you can’t say that!*) I took some liberties w/ Sha’re’s age… And you do NOT want to know how I struggled with it. Mishkaz, I need that beer round about now!!!
Aha, I also took liberties with the timeline… but lyrical licence!
Paradise by the Baseship Alight.
First by Meatloaf. Now by Me.
Jack:
I remember every single thing
As if it happened only yesterday.
I wanted to go to the lake,
But the dragged me to a mountain site.
And I’d never seen a project
That looked any weirder than this did.
And all that I could think
Was I don’t wanna be me tonight.
Jack and Daniel:
And his big ole Jaffa gave us quite a fright.
The kinda thing that makes ya scream at night
Eyes glowing like a devil on the edge of the Nile!
Glowing like a devil on the edge of the Nile!
C’mon, hold on tight.
C’mon! Hold on tight!
Though it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night,
I can see paradise by the baseship alight.
Daniel:
Ain’t no doubt about it
We were doubly blessed.
She was barely seventeen
And Ra was barely dressed.
Ain’t no doubt about,
Baby got to go and shout it,
Ain’t no doubt about it we were doubly blessed.
Jack:
Sha’re was barely seventeen
And Ra was barely dressed.
Kawalsky where’s my team?
I can’t hear em on my radio.
I’ve been waiting so long
For you to go and mess it up.
And I’m not gotta let you know
I’m not gonna regret it.
Ra open your eyes, I got a big surprise,
It’ll feel alright;
Well I wanna make the big snake run!
Jack and Daniel:
And his big ole Jaffa gave us quite a fright.
The kinda thing that makes ya scream at night
Eyes glowing like a devil on the edge of the Nile!
Glowing like a devil on the edge of the Nile!
C’mon, hold on tight.
C’mon! Hold on tight!
Though it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night,
I can see paradise by the baseship alight.
You gotta do what you can
And let the dead man rest.
Ain’t no doubt about it we were doubly blessed.
Sha’re was barely seventeen
And Ra was barely-
He’s gonna blow all the way tonight
He’s gonna blow all the way
And tonight’s the night…
Hammond:
OK, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here, two Jaffa down, one Tau’ri, no fair, using a brace, there’s the wind up, and there it is, and his eyes cross in the middle, look at em go. This boy will really fry!
Jack’s pounding now, really turning it on now, not letting up at all, he’s gonna try and flip it, the counter’s still going, and here comes the Jaffa and what a punch! He slides him under a ring, head-first, here it comes, he’s out! Now Danny’s safe and secondly Sha’re. This kid really makes things happen out there.
The bomb steps up to a fate without a hitch- he’s going and what a shock, he knows what it is, his eyes ablaze and thar she blows! Holy cow, blown up base!
They’re taking a daring leap out there, almost daring Apophis to pick em off. They’re dialing up, and it’s open, open to the Tau’ri home world. The suicide squeeze is on!
Here we come, freeze frame, it’s gonna be close, he’s reports to fill in with men dead, Holy cow! I think they’ll believe him!
Hammond:
Stop right there!
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further-!
Is this nonsense?
Are you making a fool of me?
Is it really?
Did you ever leave any?
Will this make me so busy for the rest of my life?
Didn’t Daniel stay to be with his wife?
Can’t I retire?
Can’t I go home forever?
Can’yt I leave it?
Can’t I never need it?
Will this make me so unhappy for the rest of my life!?
Will the stinking snakes just come and run rife?!?
I gotta know right now,
Before we go any further,
Is this nonsense?
Or am I just dreaming?
Jack:
Let me sleep on it,
Georgy, Genny Let me sleep on it.
Let me sleep on it,
I’ll give you an answer in the moring.
Let me sleep on it,
Georgy, Genny Let me sleep on it.
Let me sleep on it,
I’ll give you an answer in the morning.
Let me sleep on it,
Georgy, Genny, let me sleep on it.
Let me sleep on it,
I’ll give you an answer in the morning.
Sam:
I gotta know right now!
Is it really?
Can I gate forever?
Do you need me?
Can I do maths for ya?
Can I do something worthwhile for the rest of my life?
Can I see strange new places and put an end to strife?
I gotta now right now!
Before we go any further,
Can I see it?
Can I play there forever?
Jack:
Let me sleep on it,
Major, Major, let me sleep on it.
Let me sleep on it,
I’ll give you an answer in the morning!
Hammond:
Will this take me forever?
Jack:
Let me sleep on it!!
Sam: Can I see the stars forever?
Jack:
I couldn’t take it any longer,
Lord I was crazed!
And when the feeling came upon me
Like a tidal wave.
I started swearing at the ‘gods’ and at Charlie’s grave
That those gods were aliens from out of time,
I swore Ra was not the last snake of the line!
So now I’m praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive,
Cause if I’ve got to gate to another planet and see you,
I don’t think that any sanity’ll survive!
You know I’ll break your neck, to this I vow!
But God only knows how much I hate you right now!
I’m praying for the end of time,
It’s all that I can do.
Praying for the end of time,
So I can end the life of you!!!
It was long ago and far, far away,
And it was so much simpler than it is today.
Daniel: It never felt so good,
It never felt so right.
Eyes glowing like the devil
Put out over the Nile.
Phe-ew! Loooong! Hope someone knew it and/or liked it!
Geez, if only I could write my own, such a lucrative business! Hmm, oh yeah. This was my distraction from the ‘responsibilities’ of RL. I ‘spose I should go do em…
And I have noticed that we are no longer alone here. More connoisseurs of fine verse have joined. This can only be a good thing!
You know what is freaky? The next song on the lyric sheet is…
For Cryin Out Loud.
And what does this make me think???