Hipposong

Album: Famous Last Words (1993)
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  • I was surrounded by a large hippopotamus
    And nine of its friends who declared quite a lot of us
    Are feeling rather blue
    And we don't know what to do
    I turned away but the large hippopotamus
    Said that his pit of despair appeared bottomless
    Yet hippopotami
    Are not supposed to cry
    I said "My, my,
    Other people's problems do get tedious by and by
    My, my
    You can never solve them no matter how hard you try."

    This brought a tear from the large hippopotamus
    Who said in a voice that was growing monotonous
    You cannot get the sense
    Of how it feels to be immense
    The sleek and the slim make fun of a lot of us
    And creatures who fly through the air sit on top of us
    Even in the pool
    We are faced with ridicule
    I said "My, my
    Other people's problems do get tedious by and by
    My, my
    you can never solve them no matter how hard you try."

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Comments: 2

  • Mark from Pittsburgh, PaActually the final line is "I came back as a large hippopotamus", implying that the narrator was reincarnated as a hippopotamus after being so unsympathetic.
  • Ian from York, United KingdomDon't forget, however, the final line of the song: 'I came home as a large hippopotamus'. These to me suggests that the hippos stopped being so friendly when the got fed up of the narrator's uncaring remarks.
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