I think I'm so 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

And 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

La la la la...

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 a coconut tree

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 up my eyes

I want to get out of this city alive

And make like an apeman

La la la la...

Come on and love me -

Be my apeman girl

And we'd 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 and 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

La la la la...