Coversong originally made famous by The Kinks
Written by Ray Davies
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| / / / / | / / / / | I think I'm sophisticated,
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'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,
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But all around me everybody's multiplying,
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And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
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So I'm no better than the animals,
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Sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
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'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees,
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I am an ape - man!
I think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised,
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
But with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,
And the crazy poli - tici - ans,
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war,
I wanna sail away to a distant shore,
And make like an ape - man!
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 vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
'Cause com - pared to the sun that sits in the sky,
Com - pared to the clouds as they roll by,
Com - pared to the bugs, and the spiders, and flies,
I am an ape - man!
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La-la, la-la! La - la-la!
In man's evolution he has 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 a coconut tree,
Oh, what a life of luxury to be like an ape - man!
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 vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I look out the window, but I can't see the sky,
The air pollution is a - fogging up my eyes,
I want to get out of this city alive,
And make like an ape - man!
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La-la, la-la! La - la-la! A- come on and..
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...love me ...be my apeman girl, and we'd be so..
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...happy... ...in my ape-man world!
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 vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
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!
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 vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
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!
[Coda]