Bones

"Bones" is about the character Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, from Star Trek: The Original Series.

Sometimes also called "Bones' Theme".

Lyrics
Oh I could’ve worked on a research staff. I could’ve been stationed on the sea Or dug a cozy niche in diseases of the rich but that wasn’t good enough for me, oh no I was tired of the land, of diseases that were bland and some troubles that I didn’t care to face Now I wake each morning to the intercoms warning and I wonder why I ever went to space

Oh there’s aches and pains and wounds and sprains And a space born plague or two So I’ll do my best. I’ll run another test And pour myself another cup of brew. Thank you.

Now I serve a starships crew with a million things to do and a headache that I really can’t afford And some crewman’s got a pet that I haven’t studied yet. Well at least I must admit I’m never bored. Half the calls I receive Mayo Clinic won’t believe. I get (*) on Altair Five I get fungus that eats glass. I get boils on the ass and I somehow get the crew back home alive

Oh there’s aches and pains and wounds and sprains And a space born plague or two So I’ll do my best. I’ll run another test And pour myself another cup of brew Thank you. Have one too

I get psychos running loose. I get alien (*) and hallucinogenic mists upon the breeze I get viro-plagues from Mars and neurotics from the stars. Tell me what am I supposed to do with these? But when the battle’s won, when the Russian worry’s done, and I’ve got some time to wonder why I’m here When I weigh the life that’s mine with the one I left behind, what the hell I guess I’ll stay another year.

Oh there’s aches and pains and wounds and sprains And a space born plague or two So I’ll do my best. I’ll run another test And pour myself another cup of brew Thank you. Have one too. Don't mind if I do.


 * These phrases are changed from performance to performance.