The Chief Wants To Touch the Moon

The Chief Wants To Touch the Moon is a song from the animated short "The Chief and the Carpenter". It is played when the islanders, along with Chano and Angela, bring furniture out of the shelters to help build a tower for the Chief to touch the moon. The first and second verses are sung in English while the rest of the song is sung in Spanish. The song was performed by Ruben Rada, Edy Peñalver, and Manolo Sanchez.

Lyrics

 * Chorus: The Chief wants to touch the moon, the Chief wants to touch it.
 * The Chief wants to to touch the moon, the Chief wants to touch it.


 * Singer: The moon is shining bright. The chief is going to climb.
 * "The moon shines for all of us," said the wise man Zanzin


 * (Repeat in chorus twice)


 * (The possible translation of the Spanish verses is in Bold.)


 * Singer: La torre es una locura, el pueblo dijo que no.
 * The tower is a crazy idea, the people told him "No".


 * La torre es una locura, eso le dijo Chano.
 * The tower is a crazy idea, this Chano told him too.


 * Chorus: El jefe quiere tocar la luna, el jefe quiere tocarla.
 * The Chief wants to to touch the moon, the Chief wants to touch it.


 * (Instrumental verse)


 * Chorus: El jefe quiere tocar la luna, el jefe quiere tocarla. (2x)
 * The Chief wants to to touch the moon, the Chief wants to touch it. (2x)


 * Singer: El jefe trepe la torre. La luna lo venire. La gente lo está mirando. ¿Que será que va a ocurir?
 * The Chief climbs the tower. The moon sees him coming. The people are watching him. What's going to happen?


 * (¿Que será?)
 * (What will it be?)


 * Chorus: El jefe quiere tocar la luna, el jefe quiere tocarla. (2x)
 * The Chief wants to to touch the moon, the Chief wants to touch it. (2x)