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)