History Main / ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics

* There apparently are [[http://www.geocities.com/bsardrno/pdrno.html lyrics]] to the JamesBond theme, or at least the proto-tune that was eventually rearranged into the one we all know and love.

* Most fans of ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' can sing Burnett's sign-off song from memory, since it has only four lines and she sings it at the end of every episode. But hardly anyone knows the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjQuZCTLAv4 full version]] of the song, which has four verses and a bridge. Burnett sings it only in the final episode of each season.

* When I was a kid and the series was new, I had a record of the ''MyFavoriteMartian'' theme lyrics: "He's a man from Mars, on Earth to take a look./He can read your mind, just like an open book - YES./He's a man from Mars, and he's extremely clever./Brilliant but kind, in every endeavor./For instance any dog can hear me/loud and clear/and don't get too near me/or I'll make you disappear.

* ''Series/HogansHeroes'': Heroes, heroes, husky men of war, sons of all the heroes of the war before. We're all heroes up to our ear-os, you ask the questions, we make suggestions. That's what we're heroes for. . .

* The classic ''Sesame Street'' theme has a bridge verse whose lyrics are rarely, if ever, heard on the show. "It's a magic carpet ride, every door will open wide..." The bridge was heard instrumentally when the full credits were rolled once a week, usually on Fridays. The lyrics were sung at the start of an early test show, and also they may be heard on some of the show's record albums.

* The classic ''Sesame Street'' theme has a bridge verse which is rarely, if ever, heard on the show. "It's a magic carpet ride, every door will open wide..." The bridge was heard instrumentally when the full credits were rolled once a week, usually on Fridays. The lyrics were sung at the start of an early test show, and they may be heard on some of the show's records.

* ''TheNewlywedGame'' theme is the tune of a song titled "Summertime Guy", written by Chuck Barris. The backstory is, the song was just ''minutes'' from being sung on ''American Bandstand'', when it was called off due to Barris being an ABC employee, the same network the show was on. Eventually, Barris used an instrumental cover of the same song as the main theme to his Newlywed Game show.

* The classic ''Sesame Street'' theme has a bridge verse which is rarely, if ever, heard on the show. "It's a magic carpet ride, every door will open wide..." The bridge was heard instrumentally when the full credits were rolled once a week, usually on Fridays. The lyrics were sung at the start of an early test show, and they may be heard on some of the show's records.

* The classic ''Sesame Street'' theme has a bridge verse which is rarely, if ever, heard on the show. "It's a magic carpet ride, every door will open wide..." The bridge was heard instrumentally when the full credits were rolled once a week, usually on Fridays. The lyrics were at the start of an early test show, and may be heard on some of the show's records.

* The classic ''Sesame Street'' theme has a bridge verse which is rarely, if ever, heard on the show. "It's a magic carpet ride, every door will open wide..." The bridge was heard instrumentally when the full credits were rolled once a week, usually on Fridays. The lyrics were at the start of an early test show, and may be heard on some of the show's records.

* ''{{Bonanza}}'': "Here in the West we're livin' in the best, Bonanza!/If anyone fights any one of us, he's got to fight with me!" The lyrics were used for the first airing of the pilot, but were dropped for being a bit lame. (Worse yet, the cast -- none of whom could be considered even ''average'' singers -- performed it [[ThemeTuneCameo as part of the episode's action]].) To his credit, Lorne Greene didn't sing the lyrics at all; he performed them as plainsong. Note: little known as these lyrics are, they did get air play. Johnny Cash, back in his prime, sang the Bonanza theme just for the fun of it, and the video is available on the net. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd35tBlUlr8 Here.]]

* ''HogansHeroes'': "Heroes, heroes, husky men of war/Sons of all the heroes, of the war before/We're all heroes up to our ear o's/You ask questions -- we make suggestions/That's what we're heroes for."

* The theme to ''{{Chuck}}'' is a re-cut version of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake. The original recording has three verses.

* The lyrics to the ''CityOfAngels'' theme were used on the cast album, but not in the show. (Unusually for a musical, this is a ThematicThemeTune, not a TitleSong.)

* ''FatherTed'': originally composed as an short instrumental piece by The Divine Comedy, they later adapted into a full-length piece entitled "Songs of Love" (not to be confused with any other songs of that name).

* ''TheOddCouple'': "No matter where they go they are known as the couple/They're never seen alone so they're known as the couple." The lyrics, which along with the tune were originally written for the 1968 movie adaptation of the Neil Simon play, can be viewed [[http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/televisiontvthemelyrics-50s60s70s/theoddcouple.htm here]].

* The ''Manga/LupinIII'' theme actually has lyrics, but the version traditionally used is a TitleThemeTune. For a while Creator/AdultSwim aired a vintage opening that used the lyrics.
** Crystal King had this version of the opening on one of their singles. You might know them from another famous anime theme song: "Ai wo Toridomose", the first opening to ''FistOfTheNorthStar''.

* StargateSG1 had joke lyrics witten by people working on the show which were never aired: ''"We're talking Stargaaate! It's a crazy trip! You can go quite far and you don't need a car, or even a shiiip!"''
** They did air briefly as part of a Sci-Fi Channel contest to win a walk-on role on StargateAtlantis, where one [[HopelessAuditionees hopeless fangirl]] tried to curry favor by singing and dancing.

* When I was a kid and the series was new, I had a record of the ''My Favorite Martian'' theme lyrics: "He's a man from Mars, on Earth to take a look./He can read your mind, just like an open book - YES./He's a man from Mars, and he's extremely clever./Brilliant but kind, in every endeavor./For instance any dog can hear me/loud and clear/and don't get too near me/or I'll make you disappear.

* If you think sitting through singers paid by the minute wailing their way through "The Star Spangled Banner" at ball games as slowly as humanly possible is annoying, you should actually thank your lucky stars (no pun intended) because [[http://www.usa-flag-site.org/song-lyrics/star-spangled-banner.shtml the original version]] had three more stanzas that have since been omitted. In fact, the melody itself was originally a pub song called "To Anacreon in Heaven", the lyrics of which can be seen [[http://www.contemplator.com/america/anacreon.html here]].

Is leading the kewpie parade...\\

* ''LeaveItToBeaver'':

Is leading the kewpie parade.\\
A gingham cat in a soldier's hat\\
Is waving a Chinese fan,\\
A plastic clown in a wedding gown\\
Is dancing with Raggedy Ann.\\
Fee fie fiddle dee dee\\
They're crossing the living room floor\\
Fee fie fiddle dee dee\\
They're up to the dining room door.\\
They call a halt for a choc'late malt\\
Or cookies and lemonade\\
Then off they go with a ho ho ho\\
Right back to their toy brigade.

* The various ''[[StargateVerse Stargate]]'' series apparently had lyrics, but were cut out of TV broadcasts. One commercial had a guy attempt to get on the show by singing them.
** The lyrics to the ''StargateSG1'' theme were mostly written as a joke by people working on the show. ''"We're talking Stargaaate! It's a crazy trip! You can go quite far and you don't need a car, or even a shiiip!"''