Armstrong Lyrics - Singles - Nanci Griffith

Black boy in Chicago, playing in the street 

Not near enough to wear, not near enough to eat 

Don't you know he saw it on a July afternoon? 

He saw a man named 'Armstrong' walk upon the moon 

Young girl in Calcutta, barely eight years old 

The flies that swarm the market place will see she don't get old 

Don't you know she heard it yeah on that July afternoon? 

She heard a man named 'Armstrong' he walked upon the moon 

She heard a man named 'Armstrong' he walked upon the moon 

The rivers are getting dirty and the wind is getting bad 

War and hate are killing off the only earth we have 

But the world all stopped to watch it, yeah, on that July afternoon 

To watch a man named 'Armstrong' walk upon the moon 

To watch a man named 'Armstrong' walk upon the moon 

To watch a man named 'Armstrong' walk upon the moon 

And I wonder if a long time ago, somewhere in the universe 

They watched a man named 'Adam' walk upon the earth