Do I Know You?, by Omicron Seti III (filk folk song, 1979)

[lb_lee]

(words by Martha Bonds, music by Marcia McCombe)

Do I know you?
Are you dreaming of tomorrow?
If so, it seems you're a starchild, just like me.
The night's alive,
And we travel 'cross the light years,
TV screens and books of dreams can set us free.

Blurb: A fan (filk) song about how fans find meaning, joy, and other worlds through Star Trek.

Why is it worth your time?: It's an old fandom song about finding home and new worlds in the fictional. Definitely worth a listen to, for any fiction folk around!

Plural/1+ Tags: abuse not mentioned, creator speaks from experience, otherworld, fictioneers

Content Warnings: None

Accessibility Notes: I will post the lyrics in the comments! Otherwise, it is only available in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book (not screenreadable) and the record album Only Stars Can Last.

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Full lyrics

[lb_lee]

DO I KNOW YOU?

Do I know you?
Are you dreaming of tomorrow?
If so, it seems you're a starchild, just like me.
The night's alive,
And we travel 'cross the light years,
TV screens and books of dreams can set us free.

CHORUS
Fantasies are our realities,
We know only dreamers really see
This earthly life isn't all that man can achieve,
We are searching for a better way,
We're searching deep inside,
And far away as we can fly... (today...)

Yet here we stay,
Only dreaming of the future,
Others cannot understand what makes us see.
Do I know you?
Are you lost, are you lonely?
Perhaps it means you're a star child just like me.

(chorus)

words: Martha Bonds
music: Marcia McCombe
Fans and star-dreamers are the same.

[acorn_squash]

What a lovely song! Thanks for transcribing it. Any idea where to listen to the music? While some songs from Omicron Ceti III are available online, this doesn't seem to be one of them.

[lb_lee]

Unfortunately no. The originals only came out on vinyl or cassette, and good luck finding originals. Sci-fi library has none either. I guess I could ask some of the old fogeys there and ask if they have any personal copies they’d be willing to lend me, so I could digitize them? But not holding my breath.