For Apollo 11

The Apollo mission, the flight to land the first men on the Moon

T-minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal

12, 11, 10, 9

The ignition sequence starts

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

What if I was five 1969

When my heroes died, I heard that line

'Cause as a child, it'd be more than wild

If the Apollo shot and be astronaut

See I was five 1989

And the picture seen was just memories

No one gave a damn

About Neil Armstrong man

It was troubled times for satellites

I stood by my window, stared at the skyline

Prayed that they would take me with them and

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Sometimes I could see them

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

I had to believe them

Frankie died 1999

I saw bombs fall down through suburbia

But the picture seen was just make believe

How my mother sighed when I watched the sky

Sometimes I would panic, I stood by my window

And thought it all happened without me and

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Sometimes I could see them

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

I had to believe them

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

They sailed on through heaven

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Just had to believe them

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

What if I was five 1969

When my heroes died I heard that line

The things they've seen, were not meant for me

Someone had to be born in '83

Still I was sleepless, thought I heard voices

Whispering "space" and "the final frontier"

I stood by my window, stared at the skyline

Prayed that they would take me with them, they would take me with them, and

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Sometimes I could see them

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

I had to believe them

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

They sailed on through heaven

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Wish I could have seen them

Why climb the highest mountain?

Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?

Why does Rice play Texas?

We choose to go to the moon

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things

Not because they are easy, but because they are hard