[ti:I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas] [ar:LeAnn Rimes] [al:I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - LeAnn Rimes [00:12.21]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:15.75] [00:17.77]Only a hippopotamus will do [00:20.79] [00:22.79]Don't want a doll [00:23.83]No dinky tinker toy [00:25.22]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy [00:27.68]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:30.92] [00:32.85]I don't think Santa Claus will mind do you [00:36.26] [00:38.22]He won't have to use [00:39.23]A dirty chimney flue [00:40.69]Just bring him through the front door [00:41.80]That's the easy thing to do [00:43.25]I can see me now on Christmas morning [00:47.50] [00:48.61]Creeping down the stairs [00:51.14] [00:52.91]Oh what joy and what surprise [00:55.15] [00:55.80]When I open up my eyes [00:58.12]To see a hippo hero standing there [01:03.60]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [01:07.63] [01:09.62]Only a hippopotamus will do [01:12.87] [01:14.88]No crocodiles [01:15.42] [01:16.01]No rhinoceroses [01:16.58] [01:17.38]I only like hippopotamuses [01:18.61] [01:19.91]And hippopotamuses like me too [01:23.05] [01:35.54]Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then [01:38.19]Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian [01:39.88] [01:40.64]Jingle bells jingle bells [01:42.71] [01:43.30]Jingle all the way [01:44.98] [01:50.84]There's lots of room for him [01:52.21]In our two car garage [01:53.36]I'd feed him there [01:54.09]And wash him there [01:54.82]And give him his massage [01:55.83]I can see me now on Christmas morning [02:00.24] [02:01.40]Creeping down the stairs [02:03.96] [02:05.76]Oh what joy and what surprise [02:08.08] [02:08.67]When I open up my eyes [02:10.99]To see a hippo hero standing there [02:15.85] [02:16.51]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [02:20.21] [02:22.23]Only a hippopotamus will do [02:25.25] [02:27.28]No crocodiles [02:27.87] [02:28.46]Or rhinoceroses [02:28.93] [02:29.79]I only like hippopotamuses [02:31.03] [02:32.27]And hippopotamuses like me too