Beyond The Rim

Beyond The Rim

(Tune: "Under The Sea" by Alan Mencken and Howard Ashman)
Lyrics: Gary J. Ehrlich c 6/97

Took four seasons, but I finally wrote a real Babylon Five filk!! (I don't count my "Rudolph the Red-Shipped Shadow" toss- off)


The universe is much older
Then our races understand
The stories of ancient beings
Who formed all we see at hand
Just look at the stars we fly though
They've been here since time has dawned
Their wonderful deeds surround us
Where have all the First Ones gone?

Beyond the rim
Beyond the rim
There's a dimension
Past comprehension
With elbow room
Here on Bab5 we deal with strife
Out in the stars a quieter life
Zathras is quotin'
First Ones are floatin'
Beyond the rim

Back here all the League is happy
They dance through the Zocalo
But some of us here are wary
The shephard is now our role
The races that will succeed us
Inherit the world we share
One day when our job has finished
We will join them way out there

Beyond the rim
Beyond the rim
Where life's a warm beach
No more Great War each
Millenium
We will no longer have to fight
We won't be all alone in the night
We'll have the Rangers
Life won't be stranger
Beyond the rim
Beyond the rim
Things will be sweet there
Won't feel the heat there
Life won't be dim
What is out there they find so swell?
The galaxy's best Taco Bell?
What is their reason?
Was the fifth season
Beyond the rim?

Delenn tells the tales
Of times that have gone
G'Kar reads a page from
The book of G'Quon
As Ivanova
Hunts First Ones with Draal
And waits for tomorrow's boom
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
Our pathway will come
From Epsilon III
We'll step to the bar
Hop on a White Star
And fly out past Z'aha'dum

Beyond the rim
Beyond the rim
When we check out
Go on walkabout
Where life ain't so grim
There's a new realm that we will find
Our universe we will leave far behind
Rest will be ours out
Amongst the stars
Beyond the rim
Narn and Centauri
Both say they're sorry
Beyond the rim
We'll have no fear
When Shadows are near
There'll be no wailin'
When we're with Valen
We'll end all our wars; we'll
Understand Vorlons
Beyond the rim

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