James T Kirk Words by Zion Valencic © 2021 TTTO James K Polk by They Might Be GiantsC G C F C G C F A nineteen sixty-five Corvette drove off a cliff, C G C F C G C F Because young Kirk did not know how to drift. C G C F C F G - Then Captain Chris Pike of the Starship Enterprise, found him in a bar, C F G Said, “Hey Kirk, you could go far. C F G Am D - - - Bet you’d drive a starship better than a car.” C F C F G - - - He can’t refuse a bet so off he flies. C Am F C F C G He was James T. Kirk, Captain of the Enterprise. C G C F C G C F Cocky, brainy, cheated the Kobayashi, C G C F C G C F The Vulcan, Spock, gave Kirk the third degree. C G C F C F G - The council soon agreed, he’d stay behind and read, while they few off to victory C F G But Bones aided his destiny C F G Am D - - - To defend the planet Vulcan from attack. C F C F G - - - And when Pike left, guess who he promoted? C Am F C F C G It was Stowaway Kirk, Captain of the Enterprise. [instrumental bridge:] C G C F C F G - C F G - C F G Am D - - - C F C F G - - - C Am F G C F C G C G C F C G C F For five long years he traveled all of space, C G C F C G C F But first he punched the vulcan in the face. C F G Became the captain then, C G C F C F G - And punched the Romulans through a rift in space and time. C F G He punched Khan and Krall you see, C F G Am D - - - And whichever villain’s in the fourth movie, C F C F G - - - The fifth, the sixth, the seventh, then the eighth! C Am F G D7 - E - Good ol’ James T. Kirk, saved the Earth like fifty times Am F Dm G C By punching things, the captain of the Enterprise.