THE BROWNCOAT CREED

IN A ROUGH AND TUMBLE ‘VERSE

FILLED WITH DUST AND GRIT

IT’S GOOD TO KNOW THERE’S SOME

FOLKS WHO GIVE A WIT

EVERYDAY MEN AND WOMEN

CLAD IN COATS OF BROWN

FOUGHT FOR THE CAUSE OF VALIANCE

BUT HAVE BEEN BEATEN DOWN

DON’T MISTAKE THEIR SOLEMN FACES

OR SCOWLS AS SIGNS OF DEFEAT

‘CAUSE WHERE THEY WALK AND FLY

JUSTICE GUIDES THEIR FEET

NOW LIVING IN A MIXED UP WORLD

RUN BY POWER, VICE AND GREED

THEY BRING THE BROWNCOAT MOTTO

AND LIVE BY THEIR RIGHTEOUS CREED

WHEN YOU CAN’T RUN YOU WALK

AND WHEN YOU CAN’T WALK YOU CRAWL

WHEN YOU CAN’T CRAWL YOU FIND SOMEONE

TO CARRY YOU WHEN YOU FALL

NOW FORCED TO LIVE OUT THERE

IN THE BLACK, THE VERY EDGE OF SPACE

OUR HEROS DO WHAT MUST BE DONE

TO STAY ALIVE IN THIS HOSTILE PLACE

SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES

WITH ENEMIES TO SPARE

OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN

GUARD A SPECIAL FARE

WITH SAVAGES ON PORT

AND WITH MONSTERS ON BOW

THEY KEEP PRESSING FORWARD

TO REACH A BETTER NOW

WHEN YOU CAN’T RUN YOU WALK

AND WHEN YOU CAN’T WALK YOU CRAWL

WHEN YOU CAN’T CRAWL YOU FIND SOMEONE

TO CARRY YOU WHEN YOU FALL

THROUGH THE STARS THEY SAIL

WORLD TO WORLD THEY MOVE

WITH A CAPTAIN AT THE HELM

WHO SEEKS JUST WATERS SMOOTH

CARRIED ONWARD BY SERENITY

WHILE THIS CREW, THEY FIND THEIR WAY

BETWEEN THE MONSTERS AND THE SAVAGES

THEY LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

SO PLEASE DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY

AND DON’T TAKE IT TO YOUR GRAVE

BUT IF YOU COULD KINDLY STEP ASIDE

THEY’RE AIMIN’ TO MISBEHAVE

FORCED TO DO WHAT THEY MUST

TO SURVIVE IN THIS CRAZY ‘VERSE

THEY HOPE FOR THE BEST

AND PREPARE FOR THE WORST

WHEN YOU CAN’T RUN YOU WALK

AND WHEN YOU CAN’T WALK YOU CRAWL

WHEN YOU CAN’T CRAWL YOU FIND SOMEONE

TO CARRY YOU WHEN YOU FALL

SO PLEASE DON’T HOLD IT AGAINST

THE CREW OF SERENITY

‘CAUSE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT

THEY’RE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME!