SP's first collaboration featuring Kim Novak on vocals and Miles Walsh of Milo Black fame on guitars. Milo also assisted with improving the mixing of this song.

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The song was loosely inspired by the Alan Parsons Project's Stereotomy because the word hippopotamus has the same number of syllables. It sounds nothing like the APP song though. Features the vocals of famed singer Kim Novak (http://www.ssmrocks.com/kimnovak/) and the guitarwork of Miles Walsh of Milo Black fame (http://www.soundclick.com/miloblack).

dog food eyes, you know i like foam
desensitized, i've lost my comb
flaming pies, life under the dome
horse flies, popping near rome

i like foam, you know i do
i eat combs, ten a day, too
soda clones, genetic poo
sunny tones, social taboos

hippo, hippopotamus, i know you're out there somewhere
roaming around in my backyard
roaming around in my backyard
hippo, hippopotamus, we can make it together
do all that you can to make it better
do all that you can to make it better

diamond clusters, sandbar strategy
hey you busters, you know my apogee
count the posters, i have the key
seaweed flushers, a swarm of bees

olives and peas, a special project
dogs and fleas, a great subject
speeches and keys, telephones object
pasting sneeze, logos interject

hippo, hippopotamus, i know you're out there somewhere
roaming around in my backyard
roaming around in my backyard
hippo, hippopotamus, we can make it together
do all that you can to make it better
do all that you can to make it better

i'm wondering if i've lost my mind
i can make myself stand still in time
configurations of nows
connected with cows
connected with cows
have i lost my mind?

hippo, hippopotamus, we're so happy to see you
i love you more than my high beams
i love you more than my high beams
hippo, hippopotamus, we're delighted to have met you
we'll do all that we can to make it better
we'll do all that we can to make it better