Apeman - The Kinks

I think Im sophisticated cause Im living my life

Like a good homo sapiens

But all around me everybodys multiplying and

Theyre walking round like flies man

So Im no better than the animals sitting

In the cages in the zoo

Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees

I am an apeman.

I think Im so educated and Im so civilized

cause Im a strict vegetarian

But with the over-population and inflation and starvation

And the crazy politicians

I dont feel safe in this world no more,

I dont want to die in a nuclear war.

I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.

Im an apeman, Im an ape, apeman, oh Im an apeman

Im a king kong man, Im a voodo man, oh Im an apeman

Cause 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 apeman.

In mans evolution hes created the city

And the motor traffic rumble.

But give me half a chance and Id be taking off my clothes

And living in the jungle.

Cause the only time that I feel at ease

Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees.

Oh what a life of luxury to be like an apeman.

Im an apeman, Im an ape, apeman, oh Im an apeman

Im a king kong man, Im a voodo man, oh Im an apeman

I look out the window but I cant see the sky,

The air pollution is a-fucking up my eyes,

I want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman.

Oh come on and love me, be my apeman girl

And well be so happy in my apeman world.

Im an apeman, Im an ape, apeman, oh Im an apeman

Im a king kong man, Im a voodo man, oh Im an apeman

Ill be your tarzan, youll be my jane,

Ill keep you warm and youll keep me sane,

Well sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, just like an apeman.

Im an apeman, Im an ape, apeman, oh Im an apeman

Im a king kong man, Im a voodo man, oh Im an apeman

I dont feel safe in this world no more,

I dont want to die in a nuclear war.

I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.