Lyric What About Livingstone?

Went to buy me a paper at the local news-stand
And then I heard them laugh and say
Look, they re gonna go flying way up to the moon now
Hey, what s it good for anyway?
So I said
Fellas, like to ask you a thing if I may

What about Livingstone?
What about all those men?
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
Tell me, wasn t it worth the while
Travelling up the Nile
Putting themselves on test
Didn t that help the rest?
Wasn t it worth it then?
What about Livingstone?

And all of those fellas at the local news-stand
Didn t know what to answer or what to say
So I told them about him, that he was just like
One of those spacemen in his way
And if you laugh at them
Then there s only a thing I can say

What about Livingstone?
What about all those men?
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
Tell me, wasn t it worth the while
Travelling up the Nile
Putting themselves on test
Didn t that help the rest?
Wasn t it worth it then?

What about Livingstone?
(Didn t he do it, well didn t he?)
What about all those men?
(Didn t he do it, well didn t he?)
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
Tell me, wasn t it worth the while
(Didn t he do it, well didn t he?)
Travelling up the Nile
(Didn t he do it?)
Putting themselves on test
Didn t that help the rest?
(Didn t that help them? Well, didn t it?)
Wasn t it worth it then?
What about Livingstone?
(Didn t he do it, well didn t he?)
What about all those men?
(Didn t he do it, well didn t he?)