| Hippos live: and they are very happy
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| When photographed, they show all their teeth
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| And they wiggle their asses
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| Today much more than yesterday
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| Hippos gladly smile at you.
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| It is said that they were once pale and impulsive
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| But that was the time when there were the good guys and the bad guys
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| The older ones every now and then
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| They regret the slush
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| The younger ones are perfectly happy with the family
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| Hippos have no thoughts but appear to meditate
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| And they all say that every hippo is the same
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| Even among them there are those who sweat
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| Who goes down and who goes up
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| But a real hippo remains normal
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| But a serious hippo remains normal.
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| In the summer in the mountains, in the winter on the Riviera
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| You see them passing by in evening dresses
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| They go down the river if there is a current
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| They get tired very little or not at all ...
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| Hippos dance when no one sees them
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| And every now and then while dancing they stamp their foot
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| But they apologize why
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| I'm not rude
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| And then those who know French say sorry.
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| Hippos do nothing, just presence
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| Hippos are not born, they are made
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| And if you see them with half-closed eyes
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| It is not true that they are sleeping
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| They pretend not to be annoyed.
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| Hippos once fought with hyenas
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| But even those for them are now good beasts
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| And then this is a free choice
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| And it must be respected
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| Because the water they drank is water under the bridge
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| All the water they drank is water under the bridge.
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| They float slowly, round and happy
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| The face, however, is only the one with the teeth
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| They smell the wind of distant lands
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| They mate tired counting the moons ...
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| Hippos can be divided into fathers, mothers and children
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| But basically there isn't one that doesn't look alike
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| When they eat it is the best time
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| They eat everything
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| Only another hippo can tell
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| to a hippo: "You're ugly!"
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| And in the end they all get together to look at the stars
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| Because one told him once: "we come from those"
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| But since they don't have hands
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| To get yourself a ladder
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| They all go back to the water waiting for the next evening
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| They all go back to the water waiting for the next evening.
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| The first of the year everyone goes on a cruise
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| And they sing in chorus: "Hopefully good weather"
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| And they dream behind sunglasses
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| Tomorrow we change, tomorrow we fly.
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| They declare serious on television
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| That young people want a better world
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Hippos, pà pà potami
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| Lying in the sun they yawn softly
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| And they seem stationary, but they go far. |