[Floating Hook] (boatswain whistle) I wanna be Captain Kirk I wanna point and make it work Red alert Set a course I wanna be Captain Kirk (boatswain whistle) [Verse] I don't want the paperwork Don't want the chair unless it spins I want a ship that hums beneath me And a door that knows when I walk in I want somebody at the console Saying something can't be done So I can lean forward Think for half a second Then tell them Do it anyway (boatswain whistle) I want stars in every window A problem every week And somebody very logical Telling me not to speak [Chorus] (boatswain whistle) I wanna be Captain Kirk Talk my way out When the phasers don't work Rip my shirt Hit the dirt Get back up Make it worse I want the bridge I want the chair I want that look that says We're absolutely screwed But I'm still in charge here (boatswain whistle) [Floating Hook] I wanna be Captain Kirk I wanna point and make it work (boatswain whistle) Red alert Set a course I wanna be Captain Kirk [Verse] I want one hand on the armrest One eyebrow doing half the job I want aliens misunderstanding me Then somehow we're all getting along I want a doctor yelling at me A science officer saying no An engineer somewhere below deck Begging me to take it slow I won't That's the point (boatswain whistle) Give me twenty percent power And a terrible idea I'll have us through the asteroid field Before anybody finds the fear [Chorus] (boatswain whistle) I wanna be Captain Kirk Talk my way out When the phasers don't work Rip my shirt Hit the dirt Get back up Make it worse I want the bridge I want the chair I want that look that says We're absolutely screwed But I'm still in charge here [Verse] Maybe I don't want the captain part Maybe I just want the certainty To stand inside a room full of alarms And have everybody look at me Not because I know the answer Because I look as if I might Because somebody has to choose a direction When every direction looks wrong (boatswain whistle) So give me the impossible planet Give me the busted machine Give me three blinking buttons And absolutely no idea what they mean I'll press one Probably the red one And when somebody asks why I'll straighten my shirt Look toward the stars And say Trust me [Floating Hook] (boatswain whistle) I wanna be Captain Kirk I wanna point and make it work Red alert Set a course I wanna be Captain Kirk (Kirk) (Kirk) I wanna be Captain Kirk (boatswain whistle) [Drop] (boatswain whistle) Captain on the bridge No plan (boatswain whistle) Captain on the bridge Bad plan Captain on the bridge Same thing Red alert Set a course (boatswain whistle) Punch it No Wrong captain Do it anyway [Outro] (soft boatswain whistle) I wanna be Captain Kirk Not because he knows everything He doesn't That's why I like him He just keeps walking toward the door Before it opens Keeps choosing a direction Keeps saying Go (boatswain whistle) So Set a course Anywhere I wanna be Captain Kirk (boatswain whistle fading)
