ARTIST: The Kinks
TITLE: Ape Man
Lyrics and Chords


I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life like a good Homo Sapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying and they're walkin' round like flies, man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo, man
'Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees, I am an ape man

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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 ape man

{Refrain}
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an ape man
'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 ape man

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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 off my clothes and living in the jungle
'Cause the only time that I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man

{Refrain}
...I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
The air pollution is a-foggin' up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape man

{Bridge}
Ah come and love me, be my ape man girl
And we'd be so happy in my ape man world

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{Refrain}
...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 ape man

{Refrain}
...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 ape man

La la la la la la la

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