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Flying to the Moon

SUMMARY:

The Space Race is on and President JF Kennedy wants to put a man on the moon because it is there – but so does Nikita Krhushchev. Not even the cost will stop them now.

Parody of Fly me to the Moon by Bart Howard

LYRICS:

Come fly with me, it’s the key to the arms race

To win the Cold War we need to be the first in space.

There’s knowledge to be gained, that’s the main desire we nurse

Ha, you’re rushing into space, but we Russians got there first.

 

Our plans all went kaput-nik when you pulled that Sputnik

Wheeze.

So I vowed to beat you, chump, to that lunar lump of

Cheese.

 

Flying to the Moon

Who cares about the cost?

All that matters now is

If I win, that means he’s lost.

 

Our man Gagarin first in space, super-fly

Victorious – more like furious, was he a spaceman or a spy?

And Voskhod was good, we were the first to walk in space.

But Gemini was better, put us back in first place.

 

Then Christmas ’68, our Apollo 8

Round the Moon did whizz.

You call that a triumph? Not exactly rocket science

Well, yes, it is.

 

Flying to the Moon won by the USA

Ha, I never craved that lunar landing anyway

Whoa-ah.

Flying to the Moon sure brings out your worst

Billions spent – you’re just mad ‘cos we got there first.

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