I Want A Hippo

Don't wanna talk about it And I don't wanna hear what's for sale Just move on baby Time has got you by the tail You don't know what you got 'Til it's already gone And now this gone as you can get I try to reason with you But there's no reason at all While I'm banging my head Up against a brick wall I want a woman Not some little girl Who had to grow up In daddy's big world I want a woman Who can really love me, yeah Dead ringer of a woman You think I'm like a truck Even I ain't gonna walk on glass Well no chance I try to love ya baby But sometimes you're just a pain in the ass The problem with you Is that I can't get through And I'm as through as I can get I take you up north And then you wanna go south You're just leaving another bad taste in my mouth I want a woman Not some little girl Who had to grow up In daddy's big world I want a woman Who knows how to love me Baby that's what I want I want a woman Not the teacher's pet Who tried to grow up But hasn't made it quite yet I want a woman Who makes me feel like nobody can I'm on my way Groovy lips With high heels Shake those hips Red dress What a scene C'mon baby You'll be my wildest dreams I'm think I got down what means so much Fingertips with that woman's touch I want a woman Not some little girl Who had to grow up In daddy's big world I want a woman That knows how to love me Baby that's what I want I want a woman Not the teacher's pet Who tried to grow up But hasn't made it quite yet I want a woman Who makes me feel like nobody can I'm on my way Red dress Groovy lips Shake those hips With high heels C'mon baby What a scene You'll be my wildest dreams

Here we go... Well I know this guy, we have a real good time. I let him get a little close but, Do I like him? Yes! Do I love him? No! We don't fight and all my friends say we look good together, But try as I might I just don't see me with him forever. Chorus: I don't want a man I can live with, I want a love that leaves no room for doubt. I don't want a man I can live with, I want a man that I can't live without. Well I know this other guy, the kind that mamma's like, He wears a money suit! He wants to marry me, he's got money to boot! Imagine that, I'd have a life that's easy to get used to. Matter-a-fact there's a real good reason I don't choose to. Chorus: I don't want a man I can live with, I want a love that leaves no room for doubt. I don't want a man I can live with, I want a man that I can't live without. I can't live without. I don't want somebody (want somebody), just to have somebody. (just to have somebody) That's how I am, I'm that kind of girl. Even if it takes all the time in the world! I don't want a man I can live with, I want a love that leaves no room for doubt. (I want a love, I only want a real thing) I don't want a man I can live with, I want a man that I can't live without. (That I can't live without) Umm... yes I do! I want a man that I can't live without. I want a man... (I want a man) Well I know this guy, we have a real good time. (I want a man) Well I know this other guy, he makes me feel real nice. (I want a man) And theres this guy I like, but do I love him? No! Cuz I want a man! I want a man! (fading)

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy I want a hippopotamus for Christmas I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue Just bring him through the front door That's the easy thing to do I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh, what a joy and what surprise When I open up my eyes To see a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses I only like hippopotamuseses And hippopotamuses like me too Mom says the hippo would eat me up But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh, what a joy and what surprise When I open up my eyes To see a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus (I want a hippopotamus) I want it (I want it), I really, really, really want A hippopotamus (hippopotamus) I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses I only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too Christmas