The Metric System

You know, I figured out how to memorize the metric system. It's all based on powers of ten. So you just need to memorize a couple Latin prefixes and then you can measure anything. Just remember King Henry. Oh, you don't know about King Henry? Listen up:

King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk,
King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk,
King Henry Died (Base!) Drinking Chocolate Milk,
King Henry Died (Base!) Drinking Chocolate Milk!
It goes: Kilo, Hecto, Deca, (Base!)
Deci, Centi, Milli, wait.
Kilo, Hecto, Deca, (Base!)
Deci, Centi, Milli.

King Henry ordered cocoa by the kilogram,
That's 1000 grams, we could barely fit it in the van.
The driver drove over a hectometer,
100 meters, with no AC in a two seater.
I was feeling like a joker in a deck of cards,
Milking cows by the decaliter in the barn.
10 liters at a time, when I
Saw the van driver and gave her a piece of my mind.
I whispered at a decibel, ¹⁄₁₀ of a bel,
Saying that King Henry wasn't checking his health.
She made her fingers small like a centimeter,
¹⁄₁₀₀ of a meter, and said, please believe her:
“If he gets this much bigger, he might explode.”
I agreed, even a milligram of cocoa,
¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a gram, might change the throne,
'Cause hot chocolate can make a king turn cold.

King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk,
King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk,
King Henry Died (Base!) Drinking Chocolate Milk,
King Henry Died (Base!) Drinking Chocolate Milk,
It goes: Kilo, Hecto, Deca, (Base!)
Deci, Centi, Milli, wait.
Kilo, Hecto, Deca, (Base!)
Deci, Centi, Milli.