We Choose the Moon

Listen up, America, the year is '62

Standing here at Rice, got something bold to do

Space is calling out, the frontier's waiting there

We choose to meet the challenge, we choose to dare

We choose to go to the moon! (Why?)

Not because it's easy, but hard to do

We choose to go to the moon! (When?)

Before this decade's through, we're breaking through

The Russians beat us once, Sputnik in the sky

But America won't quit, we're gonna reach up high

This nation that tamed prairies, crossed the ocean blue

Will harness space itself, that's what we're gonna do

Why climb the highest mountain?

Why fly across the sea?

Because we must, because we can

Because we choose to be free

Rice University, you're witnessing history

This challenge we accept, no time for mystery

The moon's not made of cheese, it's made of destiny

And America's the nation that's gonna make it be

Knowledge and peace, that's our ammunition

Science and hope fuel our space mission

Not for war, but for all mankind

Leaving Earth behind, but not our mind

We choose to go to the moon! (We choose!)

Because it's hard, we'll see it through

We choose to go to the moon! (We choose!)

In this decade, we'll make it true!

We choose to go...

We choose to go...