Black boy in Chicago
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Playing in the street
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Not near enough to wear
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Not near enough to eat
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Don't you know he saw it
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On a July afternoon
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He saw a man named Armstrong
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Walk upon the moon
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Young girl in Calcutta
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Barely eight years old
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The flies that swarm the market place
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Will see she don't get old
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Don't you know she heard it
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On that July afternoon
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She heard a man named Armstrong
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Had walked upon the moon
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She heard a man named Armstrong
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Had walked upon the moon
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The rivers are getting dirty
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The wind is getting bad
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War and hate are killing off
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The only earth we have
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But the world all stopped to watch it
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On that July afternoon
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To watch a man named Armstrong
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Walk upon the moon
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To watch a man named Armstrong
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Walk upon the moon
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To watch a man named Armstrong
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Walk upon the moon
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And I wonder if a long time ago
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Somewhere in the universe
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They watched a man named Adam
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Walk upon the earth
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Armstrong
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| Nanci Griffith |
