The shift is over and the corridor is clear I checked behind me twice I told the ensign I was running diagnostics and she didn't ask me twice Holodeck three is waiting and the arch begins to glow Computer load programme Barclay fifteen and lock the door nobody needs to know Computer delete that log delete that log delete that log Nobody can ever see what I become when the real world's gone Computer delete that log delete that log delete that log I'm the man I'll never be when the holodeck lights come on In here the counsellor thinks I'm fascinating she hangs on every word In here Commander Ryker's two feet tall and slightly less assured The captain calls me brilliant Geordi asks me for advice And nobody has ever once suggested that I need to run a diagnostic twice Computer delete that log delete that log delete that log Nobody can ever see what I become when the real world's gone Computer delete that log delete that log delete that log I'm the man I'll never be when the holodeck lights come on I know it isn't healthy I know it isn't right I know the real Deanna Troi would never hold me quite that tight But out there I'm Lieutenant Broccoli tripping over my own feet And in here I'm the hero and the music and the beat Lock the door dim the lights load the programme Barclay nights Lock the door dim the lights nobody ever needs to know Computer delete that log delete that log delete that log Nobody can ever see who I become when the real world's gone Computer delete that log delete that log delete that log I'm the man I'll never be when the holodeck lights come on When the holodeck lights come on When the holodeck lights come on Computer end programme Computer I said end programme Computer
