The never-used lyrics of its theme song were written by Gene Roddenberry
It did, written by series creator Gene Roddenberry himself (and ... but they were 
never used; Roddenberry apparently wrote them only so he... [DOC] [TLE] Star Trek Theamsong | The Trek BBS [PAR] Oct 19, 2007 ... Re: Star Trek Themesong (Roddenberry's "contribution") ... Second of all, those "
lyrics" were written by Roddenberry just to get half of the royalties paid on the 
music.