Chips, Cat Hair, and and Max's Sky

Verse 1

There's a boy named Max in Sydney,

With the stars upon his screen,

Evan Edinger on YouTube,

And some chips of questionable cuisine.

Red Rock Deli in the cockpit,

Fancy flavours by the sack—

"Is that dinner?" "No, it's research.

Pass the bloody packet back."

He's got sixteen things to finish,

But he's heading into space;

Daphne's sitting on his keyboard,

With command upon her face.

He says, "Captain, clear the runway."

She says nothing, doesn't budge—

Every voyage needs a leader.

Every leader needs a judge.

Chorus

Oh, Max, Max, fire the hyperdrive,

Sydney boy with a galaxy

To keep his dreams alive!

Kangaroos aboard the freighter,

Tassie devils on the crew—

There's a Sentinel behind you, mate,

And Daphne's judging you!

From the outback to the crimson sky,

It's chips, cat hair, and No Man's Sky!

Verse 2

He woke up on a toxic world,

His hazard shield was low,

Started hunting down some sodium—

"Lovely place. We ought to go."

Fixed his scanner, patched his starship,

Got the launch thrusters to fire,

Then stopped to name a hopping beast

"Space Roo, Slightly Higher."

There's a Gek who wants his units,

There's a Korvax acting strange,

And a Vy'keen looking ready

For a punch-up at the range.

Max says, "Mate, I come in friendship."

Gets a grunt and looks concerned—

"Should've watched another video.

That's a word I haven't learned."

Chorus

Oh, Max, Max, fire the hyperdrive,

Sydney boy with a galaxy

To keep his dreams alive!

Kangaroos aboard the freighter,

Tassie devils on the crew—

There's a Sentinel behind you, mate,

And Daphne's judging you!

From the outback to the crimson sky,

It's chips, cat hair, and No Man's Sky!

Verse 3

Now Daphne had a showdown

With a tomcat feeling keen;

He had backed her in a corner,

Making quite the bloody scene.

Max said, "Mate, she's not interested.

Read the room and move along.

You can sing beneath her window—

Doesn't mean she wants your song."

He helped his little girl escape,

Restored her royal seat;

She washed a paw as if to say,

"Some males are indiscreet."

Now Max patrols the garden

Like a Sentinel on guard—

"No unwanted docking, sunshine.

This is Daphne's private yard."

Verse 4

He'll go hiking in the outback,

Boots all red with dust,

Past a goanna on a sun-baked rock

And a roo who looks nonplussed.

There's an emu blocking traffic,

An echidna passing through,

And a platypus that looks like

Someone clicked "combine these two."

There's a wombat built like armour,

There's a cockatoo that swears,

And a Tasmanian devil

With no time for social airs.

Max says, "These would make great creatures

On a planet I could scan."

Australia heard that statement:

"Mate, that's where it all began."

Chorus

Oh, Max, Max, fire the hyperdrive,

Sydney boy with a galaxy

To keep his dreams alive!

Kangaroos aboard the freighter,

Tassie devils on the crew—

There's a Sentinel behind you, mate,

And Daphne's judging you!

From the outback to the crimson sky,