[Verse 1]

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 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 ape man

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

I'm an ape man

I'm an ape-ape man

I'm an ape man

I'm a King Kong man

I'm voodoo man

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

[Spoken Interlude]

"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"

[Pre-Chorus]

'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

[Chorus]

I'm an ape man

I'm an ape-ape man

I'm an ape man

I'm a King Kong man

I'm a voodoo man

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

[Bridge]

Come on and love me

Be my ape man girl

And we'll be so happy

In my ape man world

[Chorus]

I'm an ape man

I'm an ape-ape man

I'm an ape man

I'm a King Kong man

I'm a voodoo man

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

I'm an ape man

I'm a King Kong man

I'm a voodoo man

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]

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