The Star Trek Theme Has Lyrics

As noted ... once, many songs that we know as instrumentals actually have lyrics. It turns out the Star Trek Theme is one of those songs. It has lyrics.... and they're terrible!

The lyrics:

Beyond

The rim of the 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 ends never

His star trek

Will go on forever.

But tell him

While he wanders his starry sea

Remember, remember me.

According to Mental Floss, Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics purely as a cash-grab - they made him a co-writer of the song and therefore entitled to royalties.