Lyrics - Apeman by The Kinks

I think
I'm sophisticated'cos
I'm living my life a good homo sapiens.
But all around me ev'rybody's multiplying
And they're walking round like flies man:
So
I'm no better than the animals
Sitting in the cages in the zoo man'cos compared to the flowers and the birds
And the trees
I am an
APEMAN.
I think
I'm so educated and
I'm so civilised'cos strict vegetarian.
And with the over population
And inflation and starvation crazy politicans.
I don't feel safe in this world
No more don't want to die in a nuclear war.
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an
APEMAN.
I'm an
APEMANI'm an
APEAPE
MANOh
I'm an
APE
MAN.
I'm a king-kong man
I'm a voodoo man
Oh
I'm a
APE
MAN.'cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an
APE
MAN.
Lalalala...
In man's evolution he has created
The cities and the motor traffic rumble
But give me half a chance and
I'd be taking
Clothes and living in the jungle.
But the only time that
I feel at ease
Swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
Ohwhat alife of luxury to be like an
APE
MAN.
I'm an
APE
MANI'm an
APEAPE
MANOh
I'm an
APE
MAN.
I'm a king-kong man
I'm a voodoo man
Oh
I'm a
Ape
MAN.
I look out of the windowbut
I can't see the sky'cos air polution is a fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an
APE
MAN.
Come and love mebe my
APE
MAN girl
And we'll be so happy in my
APE
MAN world.
I'm an
APE
MANI'm an
APEAPE
MANOh
I'm an
APE
MAN.
I'm a king-kong man
I'm a voodoo man
Oh
I'm a
APE
MAN.
I'll be your
Tarzanyou'll be my
Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas
All day just like an
APE
MAN.

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