What About Livingstone?
by ABBA

Album: Waterloo (1974)
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  • 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
    Traveling 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
    Traveling 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?)
    Traveling 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?) Writer/s: BENNY ANDERSSON, BJOERN K ULVAEUS, BJORN ULVAEUS
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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