Hipposong Songtext / Lyric

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."



I came back as a large hippopotamus