In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey

Thought I recognised the title words.
Love it too, bought about 3 of his albums.
What does Soy en perdedor mean?

I think it's Spanish for "I'm a loser."

At first glance, the lyrics seemed to be just a bunch of gibberish strung together...but they are actually quite keen.

It's odd how easy it is to disguise cleverness.

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In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Kill the headlights and put it in neutral
Stock car flaming with a loser in the cruise control
Baby's in Reno with the vitamin-D
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the loveseat
Someone keeps sayin' I'm insane to complain about
A shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt
Don't believe everything that you breathe
You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve
So shave your face with some mace in the dark
Saving all your food stamps and burnin' down the trailer park
Yo cut it!

Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby
So why don't you kill me?
(double-barrel buckshot)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby
So why don't you kill me?

The forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phoney gas chamber
'Cause one's got a weasel and other's got a flag
One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag
With the re-run shows and the cocaine nosejob
The daytime crap of a folksinger slob
He hung himself with a guitar string
A slab of turkey neck and it's hanging from a pigeon wing
And you can't write if you can't relate
Trade the cash for the beat and body for the hate
And my time is a piece of wax falling on a termite
And it's choking on the splinters