Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
oh my hippo
why'd you go and break my heart
oh my hippo
it started like this
i saw you down by the river bed
we exchanged numbers
and i called you out on our first date
woah oh oh
so tell me, hippo
are we ever gonna be in love again?
i saw you snappin crocodiles in half,
just the other day
crocodiles,
they wouldn't last on your side of the river
oh, woah
in conclusion..
i talked to you yesterday and you said
if you ever come my way again
i got some crocodile skin boots with your name
printed across the toe..
so don't you know that crocodiles
won't come my way anymore
why'd you go and break my heart
oh my hippo
it started like this
i saw you down by the river bed
we exchanged numbers
and i called you out on our first date
woah oh oh
so tell me, hippo
are we ever gonna be in love again?
i saw you snappin crocodiles in half,
just the other day
crocodiles,
they wouldn't last on your side of the river
oh, woah
in conclusion..
i talked to you yesterday and you said
if you ever come my way again
i got some crocodile skin boots with your name
printed across the toe..
so don't you know that crocodiles
won't come my way anymore
Lyrics submitted by jessicles
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the part about the crocodile skin is wrong. its "ive got some crocodile skin boots with your name written across the... toe"