"Apeman" Lyrics - The Kinks

“Apeman”


I think I’m sophisticated ’cause I’m living my life

Like a good homo sapiens

But all around me everybody’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

‘Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees

I am an apeman


I think I’m so educated and I’m so civilized

‘Cause I’m a strict vegetarian

But with the over-population and inflation and starvation

And the crazy politicians

I don’t feel safe in this world no more

I 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 apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman

I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m 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 man’s evolution he’s created the city

And the motor traffic rumble

But give me half a chance and I’d 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


I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman

I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman

I look out the window but I can’t see the sky

The air pollution is a-fogging 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 we’ll be so happy in my apeman world


I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman

I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman

I’ll be your Tarzan, you’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 apeman


I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman

I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman

I don’t feel safe in this world no more

I don’t want to die in a nuclear war

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