Theme from
Star Trek, The Original Series
Music by
Alexander Courage
Words by
Gene Roddenberry
Beyond
The rim of
star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches
I know
His journey end never
His
star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his
starry sea
Remember,
remember me.
From "
The Making of Star Trek" by
Stephen E. Whitfield &
Gene Roddenberry
They're pretty bad, aren't they? According to a Gene Roddenberry
biography, Roddenberry came up with these lyrics back in the
60s for the Original Series, just so he could make some money. Apparently, simply by writing these lyrics, even if they were never used (which they weren't), gave Gene partial ownership of the music, thus earning him a (somewhat) bigger check.