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Steve Miller Band, "The Joker"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hippopotamus of love
or
Properties of love
Original Lyrics:
Pompetus of love
Pompetus of love are the real lyrics, Cecil Adams at The Straight Dope did an entire article exploring this issue.

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