The only time that I feel at ease
Is swingin' up and down in a coconut tree.
Oh what a life of luxury, to live like an apeman!
I think I'm sophisticated
'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying
'Til they're walking 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 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 ape man
I'm an apeman,
I'm an ape-apeman,
I'm an apeman!
I'm a King Kong man,
I'm voodoo man,
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 cities and the motor traffic rumble,
But give me half a chance and I'd be takin' off my clothes and living in the jungle.
I look out the window but can't see the sky, the air pollution is foggin' up my eyes.
I want to get out of this city alive and live like an apeman!
I'm an apeman,
I'm an ape-apeman,
I'm an apeman!
I'm a King Kong man,
I'm a voodoo man,
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 live like an apeman!