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MISTRESS OF THE MOON Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright ©1967, 2021

Beauty I endow Look about you, now Shall I see you soon Will you crave a boon Mistress of the moon

In our crystal tower Shall I now deflower In the month of June For our honeymoon Mistress of the moon

Mistress of the moon The days have gone There you stand Just like an Amazon

I agree it's good Fires I have withstood Sun of brightened noon In the star-cocoon Mistress of the moon

What is your advice Take my sacrifice Everything I've strewn All this afternoon Mistress of the moon

Mistress of the moon Calliope Stands before you, now Sweet Cybele

Beauty I endow Look about you, now Shall I see you soon Will you crave a boon Mistress of the moon

PAVANNE Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright ©1968, 2021

Stars caress her brow Do you know her now Do you know I ran from Pavanne

Twinkling over her sweet lips Wanting to kiss, I slip You know why I ran from Pavanne

CHORUS: I couldn't stand the pleasure that she gave I couldn't understand my life she'd save So I ran from Pavanne

Trying to reach her arms Still I fell for her charms Still you know I ran from Pavanne

CHORUS: I couldn't stand the pleasure that she gave I couldn't understand my life she'd save So I ran from Pavanne

PRIESTESS Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1969, 2021

Priestess of the Temple Love, call Emmanuel Cry unto your god above and rid us of this hell

Priestess of the Temple Love, move us from this place Send us far upon the dove and rid us of this face

Though we've hated Contemplated Many false desires Though we've mated Desecrated Girls', boys' fires

[Musical Verses]

Though we've hated Contemplated Many false desires Though we've mated Desecrated Girls', boys' fires

Priestess of the Temple Love, hear our pleas we pray We desire to take true Love to all the world today

Priestess of the Temple Love, call Emmanuel Cry unto your god above and rid us of this hell

Though we've hated Contemplated Many false desires Though we've mated Desecrated Girls', boys' fires

Priestess of the Temple Love

PRINCESS OF THE COSMOS Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1969, 2021

Oo ahh oo oo Oo ahh oo oo Oo ahh oo oo Oo ahh oo oo Oo ahh oo oo Oo ahh oo oo Princess, Princess Princess of the Cosmos

SHALLA BAL Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1968, 2021

Shalla Bal, wait for me In your home beneath the sea On the planet that is known as Var

Shalla Bal, follow me To my home beside the Kree And we'll travel to a distant star

Though the suns may be blue I'll be waiting here for you Shalla Bal Just remain where you are

Shalla Bal, life is gay Follow me night and day To the starship that is flying high

Shalla Bal, this is the way To the land of sparkling rays Where the people will just pass us by

Though the years may seem endless I know my love won't be less Shalla Bal Wipe the tears from your eyes

[Title inspired by Norrin Radd's wife in Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer #1, 1968]

SHARANE Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright ©1969, 2021

I must try to explain And be sweet and humane How I found out her name Sharane

I had hunted in vain Through galaxies twain And I'm staking my claim For Sharane

She's a princess-to-reign As the queen she would deign To reveal her true name Sharane

[Musical Verses]

Though I've heard some complain How she wandered through rain But, I'll still make my claim For Sharane

So, in my aeroplane Will I brave hurricanes For the one who is named Sharane

And, I know I would gain All her anger and pain If she knew I would shame Sharane

SILVER VIRGIN Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1971, 2021

None may touch my silver skin None may go where I go in None may touch the Silver Virgin

Ne'er do I commit a sin Nor do I have next of kin None may touch the Silver Virgin

Many Questmen tried to win Hide the tears, now you must grin You have won the Silver Virgin

None need try to win my love Love comes only from above Love's itself—the Silver Virgin

—From the Science Fiction Musical Quest for the Silver Virgin By Michael Woodhead—

TANA NILE Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1966, 2021

[SPOKEN] Haunting eyes, a lingering smile She's my queen, my Tana Nile

Sitting on the desert sands Alone for just awhile Then I saw descending on me Princess Tana Nile She's my queen I have seen

Twenty million people lining Roads for many a mile All to see my wondrous princess My queen, Tana Nile She is mine So divine

Sitting 'neath Egyptian skies And swimming in the Nile Being here is such a thrill With my queen, Tana Nile She's my love Up above

Fifty billion stars are peeking For a lingering smile From my beauteous princess, From my queen, Tana Nile Once again It will rain

Sitting on the desert sands, Together for awhile Then I saw ascending from me Princess Tana Nile Please, don't go My betrothed

TANGERINE Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright ©1971, 2021

I traveled to the planets where alien life prevailed And, married there a princess whose face was never veiled Oh, my love, Tangerine, ne'er such beauty have I seen

We passed so many systems where brilliant stars did shine Upon our love-filled starships that, now, must ever be mine Oh, my love, Tangerine, with such love I've never been

Our young girls numbered seven, and grew to beauteous height They married several princes beneath the Tower of Light Oh, my love, Tangerine, I recall the things I've seen

And now, the past's behind us, the future lies before We travel once again, dear, to distant planet shores Oh, my love, Tangerine, such a short life it has been

VAROWN Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1969, 2021

Riding a star to a far Milky Way Black turns the night, and white turns the day Flashing beside me, floating away Every sun is shining, welcoming my ship Planetoids are winging past me on my trip

Planets about me doubt I am here Stars soon will blind me, mar any tear Flashing above me, drowning my fear Every sun is shining, welcoming my ship Planetoids are winging past me on my trip

Day rises full as the stars twinkle down Making the sky sparkle, I erase a frown Happy and free to be with you, Varown Every sun is shining, welcoming my ship Planetoids are winging past me on my trip

ACCOMMODATIONS OF DESIRE Written & Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1966, 2021

I need accommodations of desire I know to great heights you would aspire For the Universe is a home for everyone Everyone is my friend till the end Flowering pastels of colours revolve Spinning before me and start to dissolve Metalloid pieces of rapture condense Ent'ring to nowhere with sweet frankincense

I need accommodations of desire I need to build a chapel for my fire For the Galaxy is a place where all can love Everyone is my friend till the end Showering melodies sounding so clear Sweep through my mind and then soon disappear Lifting me higher and higher to see Beautiful galaxies, star nebulae

I need accommodations of desire I rise from the depths of black quagmire For Infinity is a home for brothers all Everyone is my friend till the end Refugee asteroids veer past my ship Guiding me on t'wards the end of my trip Comet trails blazing light up the dark skies And when they've passed me, I say my good-byes

ANOTHER GALAXY Written and Composed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1970, 2021

And so, my friend, you see On this, we disagree For on the starry sea Another galaxy

The ship docks at the quay I listen to your plea You view, as so does she Another galaxy

Standing only for awhile You see what Time has done

And now, my friend, you're free To wander aimlessly Down molten paths debris Another galaxy

And now, by some degree We move towards the lee To save us from the Gee Another galaxy

Standing over on the shore You know that Time has won

Now, down upon your knee No longer need you flee You have come home to me Another galaxy

Standing on the grass-green plain You search the skies for suns

ANOTHER WORLD Written, Composed, Arranged, & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright Ó 1970, 2021

I want to leave the Earth Fly to the stars Don’t care what it’s worth It must be far—another world

I want to be alone With just my love In a paradise, our own With peace and love—another world

Another world where we may live Another world where we may give

We’ll both walk hand-in-hand Through grass so green We’ll tread this lush land For we have seen another world

Another world, love’s seeds we’ll sow Another world, our children grow

To build a better race A race of good Where no man’s coloured face Will lack of good—another world

ALPHA CENTAURI Written, Composed, Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1970, 2021

I'm taking a ride in my starship To planets that now wait for me I hope to reach Alpha Centauri Where no longer do I need flee I love Alpha Centauri I love Alpha Centauri For there I may rest With peace in my breast I love Alpha Centauri

I'm flying through cosmic fluctuations That make my mind reel like a wave But, I will reach Alpha Centauri Though Death may construe me a grave I love Alpha Centauri I love Alpha Centauri For no one's as sweet As she whom I'll meet I love Alpha Centauri

No longer will I need to travel To flee from the perils of space For I have reached Alpha Centauri Where breezes now waft my flushed face I love Alpha Centauri I love Alpha Centauri For here there is peace My traveling will cease I've found Alpha Centauri

DREAMS OF MAN Written, Composed Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1967, 2021

Love and peace and beauty, too The dreams of Man aren't new Hate and war and hunger last Things of old, things of the Past Where is the money Where are the men Where are the mothers Their helpless children

Calm and still and restful climb The dreams of Man in Time Noise and sound and music sweet Their kind on Earth we meet Where is the money Where are the men Where are the mothers Their helpless children

See—beyond the stillness lay A new and cheerful day Dreams of Man can yet be true If you will help them to There is the money There are the men There are the mothers Their helpless children

BLUE FLAMES Written, Composedm Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1971, 2021

Blue flames of a cosmic sun Scorch the skies of all the worlds As they pass them by in their wanderings Making lands explode, loud bells to ring Through the heavens and the Universe As if they are struck by some malevolent curse M-hmm

Blue flames of a cosmic sun Crackle through the worlds of Man As they pass them by, they will call to them Making children sing and follow them Through the heavens and the Galaxy As if they are swimming through Life's endless sea M-hmm

Blue flames of a cosmic sun Pass through Time and pass through Space As they pass them by, they can hear men cry Knowing nothing, always asking why As the heavens and the starry sky Cast them out, unheedful of their mournful cry M-hmm

Blue flames of a cosmic sun Flare up and burn the skies As they pass them by in their wanderings Causing chimes to sound, loud bells to ring As the heavens and Infinity Stretch out as far as the naked eye can see M-hmm

CHILDREN OF THE STARS Written, Composed, Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1970, 2021

We are the children of the stars We hope to make our home on Mars Before the coming war, peace no more

We are the children of the stars We hope to break the masters’ bars Of pain, still we’re chained in the rain

We are the children of the stars We hope to move to planet Mars And there, no more cares, no one dares

Disturb the children of the stars

COSMIC RAYS, INTERSTELLAR GAS Written, Composed, Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1970, 2021

In the sky Starships fly To the galaxies Entering Evening Making syntheses

Make-believe Preconceive Everything you see Bittersweet We secrete Our love, Cybele

Cosmic rays, interstellar gas Cosmic rays, interstellar gas

Is it hard We regard Everything you do One mistake Will you break Everything in two

Cosmic rays, interstellar gas Cosmic rays, interstellar gas

If you escape This xeriscape We will surely know Now, farewell Face your hell Going where you go

Cosmic rays, interstellar gas Cosmic rays, interstellar gas

DIMENSIONS OF SOUND Written & Composed, Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1969, 2021

[Dimensions of sound, Dimensions of sound] I can hear a new, sweet woman’s voice I can see that she has made her choice There she goes into the transport set Away she’ll go, away she'll go

[Dimensions of sound, Dimensions of sound] I can tell that I am not alone I can tell that this is not my home Here I go, I’m on my way through, now Away I’ll go, away I'll go

[Dimensions of sound, Dimensions of sound]

[Dimensions of sound, Dimensions of sound] Suddenly, I see a light before me Suddenly, I’m thrown on to the floor, see I am blinded by a dazzling light I’m going from, I'm going from

[Dimensions of sound, Dimensions of sound] Can I say just what it was I saw Can I say it broke all Nature’s laws Can I understand the things I learned Within that place, within that place [Dimensions of sound]

MAKE KNOWN Written, Composed, Arranged & Performed by Michael Woodhead Copyright © 1970, 2021

Stretch out your arms Make up the charms of the galaxy Reach for the stars Incense Registrars you are going to be Lift up your face Keep with the pace of the universe Make no reply Know that your eye still is in the terse Ah-ha Make known your purpose here Make known, now, that you fear Your life is in no danger You spent the last few hours asleep

Asleep on your bed Where you laid your head on the pillowcase Gather your strength Know what's the length of the ritual chase You will be mine Drink, now, the wine that is in your glass Give me your hand Walk on this land with its luscious grass Ah-ha [Musical Verse]

Make no mistake You must now take all your property Look at the sky Then ask me why there is naught to see Hear what I say Every day that the stars will shine Here is your gift You soon will lift everything of mine Ah-ha Make known that you are nude Make known that naught is lewd I will protect you night and day From everything that bothers you