When the Captain's not engaged in his employment

His employment

Or reviewing all his super secret plans

Secret plans

His capacity for thrill-seeking enjoyment

Ing enjoyment

Is greater than any other sane man's.

Ther sane man's

Our wisecracks we with difficulty smother

'Culty smother

When Hippocratic duty's to be done.

To be done.

Ah, take one consideration with another,

With another,

A physician's lot is not a happy one.

Ah, when Hippocratic duty's to be done, to be done,

A physician's lot is not a happy one, happy one.

When the Enterprise's helmsman starts to whining

Starts to whining

Or the red shirts are off getting themselves killed

Themselves Killed

We in sickbay have all taken to resigning

To resigning

That someway somebody's blood will be spilled

            Will be spilled

When our Vulcan's finished with his calculations

Calculations

And has been overexposed to the sun,

To the sun

We set the sickbay with considerations

Siderations

That a physician's lot is not a happy one

Ah, when Hippocratic duty's to be done, to be done,

A physician's lot is not a happy one, happy one.