From pl6a4bnb@swansea.ac.uk Sun Aug 4 00:48:19 1996 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 15:57:49 GMT0BST From: Nick Barlow Reply-To: b5-creative@lists1.best.com To: b5-creative@lists1.best.com Subject: Human Beings Sorry, cant get this "song" out of my head. It's to the tune of Common People by Pulp (from the album "Different Class"). If you haven't heard it, you should :) HUMAN BEINGS (for Delenn, with apologies to Jarvis Cocker) She came from Minbar, had a thirst for knowledge, Studied souls on Babylon College, That's where I caught her eye. She told me that my soul was Minbari, I said "In that case I'll learn not to lie." She said "fine". And then in thirty seconds time she said... "I want to live like human beings, I want to do whatever human beings do, I want to sleep with human beings, I want to sleep with human beings like you." Well, what else could I do? I said, "I'll see what I can do." I took her out to the Fresh Air, I dont why but I had to start it somewhere, So it started there. I said "Pretend you're not Minbari." She laughed and said "Absofragginglutely dammit." I said "Yeah." (But I dont see anyone else swearing - are you sure?) "I want to be like human beings, I want to do whatver human beings do, I want to sleep with human beings, I want to sleep with human beings like you." Go and get a chrysalis, Grow your hair and learn to kiss, Forget where the honour lies, Pretend you never were Satai, But still you'll never get it right, Cos when you're layed in bed at night, Watching Shadows climb the wall, If you're scared your Vorlons can stop it all. Never live like Human Beings, Never do whatever human beings do, Never fail like human beings, Never watch your life slide out of view, And just dance and drink and screw, Because there's nothing else to do... Like a Narn lying in a corner, It'll bite you and never warn you, look out, And your souls will be found at the Line. Still, you'll never understand, How it feels to live your life, With no feeling of control, And the President's a fool, You are amazed that we exist, And we burn so bright when you can only wonder why... Go and get a chrysalis, Grow your hair and learn to kiss, Forget where the honour lies, Pretend you never were Satai, But still you'll never get it right, Cos when you're layed in bed at night, Watching Shadows climb the wall, If you're scared your Vorlons can stop it all. "Want to live with common people like you, Want to live with common people like you..." (repeat to fade) There you are, queries etc to the usual address. Flames to someone else... Nick (wondering if Britpop filk will take off now) ------------------------ Nick Barlow "You cant always get what you want, pl6a4bnb@swansea.ac.uk but if you try sometimes, ------------------------ you might just find, "If you dont stand for you get what you need..." something, you'll fall - Rolling Stones for anything..."