– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

anyone know just more diamonds and gold

okay don't give up hope listen up

there's only one way to get your

precious water I your beloved King

Julian must simply make a small

sacrifice to my good friends the water

God's in the volcano what does that do

what does that do

excellent question my sacrifice goes

into volcano then the friendly gods eat

up my sacrifice mmm very nice thank you

for the sacrifice another sacrifice no

if I did enough for the day

listen I'm gonna be very insulted unless

you have another I don't want another

sacrifice okay look at you look skinny

Claire the gods eat the sacrifice they

are grateful they give me some of their

water and then I give it to you what no

I mean yes well Maurice yeah fifty-fifty

now all I need is someone who would like

to go in the volcano

and get eaten by God's pretty hands and

anybody okay I need someone perhaps who

has never found love who could look

death straight in the eyeball a real

genuine hero I'll do it

[Applause]

we all come to our senses I'm dying

anyways if there's a chance it will get

you water it'll be worth it

are you nuts Gloria I just want you to

know back at the zoo it was never the

doctors or the prescriptions that kept

me going

it was always you seeing you every day

that's what kept me going

[Applause]

you

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
diamonds /ˈdaɪəməndz/ B1	noun - precious stones consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance.
sacrifice /ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ B2	noun - an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else. verb - to give up something valued for the sake of something else.
precious /ˈpreʃəs/ B1	adjective - of great value; not plentiful or common.
volcano /vɒlˈkeɪnoʊ/ A2	noun - a mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, hot gas, steam, ash, and gases are being emitted from below the earth's surface.
excellent /ˈeksələnt/ B1	adjective - extremely good; outstanding.
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfəl/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.
genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn/ B2	adjective - truly what something is said to be; authentic.
hero /ˈhɪəroʊ/ A2	noun - a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
senses /ˈsensɪz/ B1	noun - the faculties by which the body perceives an external stimulus; sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch.
dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - to cease to live.
chance /tʃɑːns/ A2	noun - a possibility of something happening.
worth /wɜːrθ/ A2	noun - the value of something.
nuts /nʌts/ B1	adjective - crazy; insane.
doctors /ˈdɒktərz/ A2	noun - people licensed to practice medicine.
prescriptions /prɪˈskrɪpʃənz/ B1	noun - a medicine ordered by a doctor.
going /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving or traveling.

Key Grammar Structures

• there's only one way to get your precious water

  ➔ Contraction ('there's') and Possessive Adjective ('your')

  ➔ 'There's' is a contraction of 'there is', and 'your' indicates possession.

• I your beloved King Julian must simply make a small sacrifice

  ➔ Appositive ('your beloved King Julian') and Modal Verb ('must')

  ➔ 'Your beloved King Julian' renames the subject 'I', and 'must' expresses necessity.

• what does that do what does that do

  ➔ Repetition and Interrogative Sentence

  ➔ The repetition emphasizes the question, and both are interrogative sentences.

• if I did enough for the day

  ➔ Past Unreal Conditional ('if')

  ➔ 'If' introduces a hypothetical situation in the past that did not happen.

• I'll do it

  ➔ Future Contraction ('I'll')

  ➔ 'I'll' is a contraction of 'I will', indicating a future action.

• it was never the doctors or the prescriptions that kept me going

  ➔ Emphasis with 'It was...that'

  ➔ The structure 'It was...that' emphasizes the true cause of the action.