Open Your Eyes

"Open Your Eyes" is a song featured in the Walt Disney anthology series episode "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" and was written by Hazel "Gil" George and Wanda Elvin Sykes under the pseudonym "Sam Sykes".
In the episode, Peter writes the song for Desiree Artot, a soprano whom he falls in love with. She sings it to him at his request after receiving it earlier that day.
==Lyrics==
Mmmm
To the wonderful glory of love
To the magical world all around you
To you
And the wonderful joy of love
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh
Its own melody
Darling open your eyes in wonder
To the mystery and magic and love
Let the kiss of your true love enchant you
With the wonder and joy of love
==About the Songwriter(s)==
Wanda Elvin Skyes (December 23, 1918 - March 13, 2009) was born in St. Antony, Idaho and raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico in an adobe house built by her father. She attended the University of Southern California and earned a B.A. in Music and was just a few units short of a Masters degree. After graduation she worked at Lockheed Aircraft where she met her future husband, Don Sykes. They had two children, Geoffrey and Jill, and adopted a girl, Georgia Robinson, as well as grandchildren, Morgan and Logan Jaybush. They two remained married until his death in 2004.
Wanda soon got a job at Disney Studios heading up the research department. In keeping with her love of music, Wanda wrote numerous songs for Disney animated and live action films. As was common at the time, Walt Disney insisted she use a male nom de plume; all the music she wrote for Disney was thereby credited to "Sam Sykes." She was a longtime member of ASCAP.
Wanda eventually retired from Disney Studios to raise her children but kept active in music and film projects, writing and producing numerous educational films and publications. She was an accomplished pianist, arranger and music teacher maintaining two concert grand pianos for much of her career. Wanda had an incredible wealth of knowledge on countless subjects and was an endless font of fascinating information. A very knowledgeable antiquer, she collected many beautiful pieces of antique furniture which she and Don lovingly restored together.
Wanda passed away peacefully at her home in Culver City after a brief illness. She was 90 years old.
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