Neil Armstrong's passing reminded me of the song I wrote back in 69 after watching this great American astound the world as he stepped on the lunar surface.

        
    "The Lunar Dream"

                                                                                                             John Blodgett                                                                                                                                    Composer

I had a wild dream last night,

Oh what a wild dream I had last night.

I sailed all alone on a long space flight,

It was really, really out of sight.

(recitation)

The first man to set foot on the lunar surface,

To bring back the soil, my one solitary purpose,

My course was set, there was no turning back.

As the module descended things went black.

When I woke up and looked around,

everything was dark, there was not a sound.

I got out my flashlight, put my moon suit on,

Opened the hatch and things went wrong.

From below my spaceship I heard a roar,

And made up my mind, I'd not take one step more.

From below me now I could see two yellow eyes,

And from the distance between em, I could judge his size.

Some kinda creature was glarin at me,

in the bottom of a crater in a tranquil sea.

The all of a sudden, I was knocked from my perch.

As I hit the surface, things looked worse.

All alone on the moon, in the bottom of a crater,

Me and some kinda Lunar Alligator.

Nowhere to go, no way to get out.

I'm a gonner for sure, there is no doubt.

I reached for a rock, but to no avail,

I ducked, but too late,

he caught me with his tail.

All alone on the moon with that Ugly Pup,

Well..ah, well that's when I woke up.

Home from the moon, and if I never dream again

It will be too soon.

I had a wild dream last night,

Oh what a wild dream I had last night.

I sailed all alone on a long space flight,

It was really, really out of sight.

It was really, really out of sight.