Space Craft (filk)

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Back in 1990, the Swedish sf fan Martin Q Larsson formed a band: Matandarnas Transgalaktiska HipHopKapell. The band had one of their first performances at a Swedish con, but then sf fandom and the band turned onto different paths.

One of their songs were Jag vill bo i rymden ("I wanna live in space"), with an intro presented as an "old polska from space". A week ago, I got a nugget of inspiration and made a translation to English.


My mother often asks me like this:
What will you do when you grow up?
How do you plan to support yourself,
you're playing all the time!

But then I always answer like this:
I'm really training hard you know,
I'm going to be an astronaut
fly space craft all the time!

Space craft space craft space craft
I wanna fly a space craft
Travel in a space rocket
Discover another planet
Space craft space craft space craft
I wanna fly a space craft
Shooting little laser guns
Visit some big black holes!

I'm flying among the asteroids
and hunting the evil villains
then I build myself a star rocket
and go to a new galaxy

Space craft space craft space craft...

And if a space monster appears
then I will shoot it to pieces
so I'm saving the universe
becomin' ev'ryone's friend

Space craft space craft space craft...


Martin has gone on to a successful career as composer and musician. He has made available original notes as well as an arrangement for choir.