My Hero, Zero

[Intro: Girl & Narrator]

Zero?

Yeah, zero is a wonderful thing. In fact, Zero is my hero!

How can zero be a hero?

Well, there are all kinds of heroes, you know. A man can get to be a hero for a famous battle he fought or by studying very hard and becoming a weightless astronaut

Wow

And then there are heroes of other sorts, like the heroes we know from watching sports

Oh

But a hero doesn't have to be a grown up person, you know a hero can be a very big dog who comes to your rescue or a very little boy who’s smart enough to know what to do. But let me tell you about my favorite hero

[Verse 1]

My hero, Zero, such a funny little hero

But 'til you came along, we counted on our fingers and toes

Now, you're here to stay, and nobody really knows

How wonderful you are, why we could never reach a star

Without you, Zero, my hero, how wonderful you are

[Bridge 1: Girl & Narrator]

What’s so wonderful about a zero? It's nothing, isn't it?

Sure, it represents nothing alone

[Chorus 1]

But place a zero after one, and you've got yourself a ten

See how important that is?

When you run out of digits, you can start all over again

See how convenient that is?

That's why with only ten digits including zero

You can count as high as you could ever go

Forever, towards infinity

No one ever gets there, but you could try

[Verse 2]

Ten billion zeros, from the cavemen to the weirdos

Who invented you, they counted on their fingers and toes

Or maybe some sticks and stones (rocks and bones)

Their neighbors' toes?

Yeah yeah, and nobody really knows

How wonderful you are, why we could never reach the star

Without you, Zero, my hero, Zero, how wonderful you are

[Chorus 2]

Place one zero after any number

And you've multiplied that number by ten

See how easy that is?

Place two zeros after any number

And you've multiplied that number by one hundred

See how simple that is?

Place three zeros after any number

And you’ve multiplied that number by one thousand

[Outro]

Et cetera, et cetera, ad infinitum

Ad astra, forever and ever

With Zero, my hero, how wonderful you are