Kinks, The - Apeman Lyrics






I think I'm sophisticated
'Cos I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying
Till they're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages
In the zoo man
'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an ape man
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cos 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 ape man, I'm an ape ape man
I'm an ape man I'm a King Kong man I'm ape ape man
I'm an ape man
'Cos 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
In man's evolution he has created the cities and
The motor traffic rumble, but give me half a chance
And I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
'Cos 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, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an ape man
Come and love me, be my ape man girl
And we will be so happy in my ape man world
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 voo-doo 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
And 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 voo-doo 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.





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  1. R.... R....

    Love the song, but have always felt the vocals are recorded too low.

  2. M.... D....

    😎👍🏻

  3. M.... B....

    Back in the day, the four pillars: Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks...

  4. G.... M....

    All rise for the Darwinist national anthem

  5. A.... H....

    Unite fellow Anprims.

  6. G.... E....

    The Kinks have always been one of the best.

  7. C.... ....

    Club Paradise brought me here.

  8. A.... D....

    for me this is a rock classic..... unfortunately the words are still actual!!!

  9. S.... ....

    Ridiculously good song.

  10. B.... M....

    Dec. 5, 2019

  11. S.... R....

    Anthropologist theme song

  12. J.... D....

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800919310067
    A bunch of mildly clever, highly social apes broke into a cookie jar of fossil energy and have been throwing a party for the past 150 years. The conditions at the party are incompatible with the biophysical realities of the planet. The party is about over and when morning comes, radical changes to our way of living will be imposed.

  13. R.... D....

    this song is so right get away from all of the congestion and go in the jungle and chill out thank you to the band the kinks for the great songs

  14. B.... B....

    You can't deny it!!!!

  15. S.... ....

    2001: A Space Odyssey brought me here.

  16. E.... s....

    love this listen to it all day and im 9

  17. G.... N....

    the birth of punk is here.

  18. F.... n....

    Anarcho primitism rise up

  19. D.... D....

    I want to be an apeman. This world is fucked....

  20. S.... W....

    When The Kinks sounded funny, they were actually being deadly serious.

  21. e.... ....

    Does he say fuggin fogging or fu

  22. A.... C....

    RayDavies is a first rate singer/songwriter but his songs are exponentially improved by Dave's genius use of harmony

  23. e.... ....

    well homo means man

  24. e.... ....

    actually being a vegan is the opisiote or being civilized one of our upbringing was meat and this can’t be denied

  25. H.... ....

    Just found the interwebs and youtubes. I am Apeman.

  26. O.... J....

    Both Ray and Dave Davies, genius songwriters they are.

  27. H.... C....

    Kaczynski had a point.

  28. P.... ....

    Sing it!

  29. D.... S....

    This is racist

  30. P.... D....

    Well be so happy in my apeman world

  31. J.... S....

    Who's better than the Great Kinks. Ahead of their time in social commentary!!!! Great SONG

  32. E.... W....

    This song applies as much today as it did at the time of its origin even the F word

  33. f.... ....

    Charles Darwin approved

  34. E.... E....

    This applies to life now.
    Nothing changes.

  35. J.... V....

    8-28-2019..esp. the first line,,loved this song from a while back

  36. P.... ....

    Oh yes, I am.

    P.... ....

    According to my DNA report, I'm 57% more neanderthal than average, which explains so much. :)

    P.... ....

    Homo Sapiens are friggin' nuts.

  37. J.... T....

    That’s because evolution is true and Ray Davies and the Kinks as absolutely amazing

  38. P.... ....

    The only thing wrong, is that I'm not a vegetarian.

  39. R.... F....

    Such a great Kinks song why don't they play it on the radio don't understand

  40. M.... W....

    Be my apeman girl!

  41. c.... ....

    Kinks were the greatest of the British Invasion.

  42. K.... T....

    On Jennifer Of The Jungle’s IPod! She plays this for Paul The Gorilla and he starts his grooving! They dance to this all the time when they’re not on The Electric Company!!

  43. M.... H....

    the makers of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes should've played this song in the background in one of the scenes XD

  44. V.... W....

    🐵🐒💕🐵

  45. d.... ....

    This should be the theme song for the Joe Rogan Expierence.

  46. K.... T....

    Any Apeman here in 2019?
    Hit like if you are.

    K.... T....

    More relevant than ever...

    K.... T....

    When I grow up...

    K.... T....

    Please someone play this at my funeral!

    K.... T....

    Plenty of orangatangs too lol

  47. J.... R....

    anprim clan anthemn

  48. N.... N....

    A North Coast South Shorian

  49. F.... S....

    Best Kinks record by miles, and everything else is also brilliant.

    F.... S....

    hahaha not even close

  50. 3.... 1....

    Why does this song make me feel like I’m sitting in a deck chair on a Hawaiian beach? I’ve never even been there it just gives me that vibe

  51. L.... w....

    2019???

  52. D.... P....

    This song is awesome. This is the first time I heard this song. I love it. Thanks to 92.1 Witt I discovered this song. 😃 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  53. C.... F....

    I felt like this in 2016

  54. N.... ....

    As a Kinks fan since the 60s, I'd love to not hate this record, but to me it sounds like Chas and fucking Dave, with their grannies sitting round the Joanna. Ray Davies is great with lyrics, as long as there is a decent rocky-chuggy background, or NO FUCKING PIANO, and it's sad to have seen this group become Cockney sing-a-long-a-max imitators.
    This song also has a pathetic lyric, (ironically) almost crying out to footie fans to throw bananas at Dem Dossers.
    My friends tell me the Kast-Off Kinks are great, but I haven't seen/heard them.

  55. m.... m....

    ... a shame that rock-and-roll eventually forgot the piano (for the most part). 
    The Last Man On Earth <3

  56. A.... _....

    My boyfriend wouldn’t shut up about this song (we’re both 15 btw). It sounds different than I thought it would... 🤔

  57. j.... ....

    I used to think he was singing " And they're walking round like frying pans" It could work ! ?

  58. j.... l....

    The most special and honest lyrics came from kinks

  59. y.... b....

    It’s weird how things cycle in relevancy.

  60. g.... ....

    i love this song
    such fun.... im an apeman

  61. B.... G....

    My theme song..Thank you..You"re welcome..🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🦎

  62. D.... J....

    RIP Ted K

  63. i.... P....

    ... a shame that rock-and-roll eventually forgot the piano (for the most part). 
    my only complaint is the song is not long enough.

  64. s.... ....

    Great.Peace

  65. J.... S....

    One of the best band yet

  66. G.... D....

    Phil Miller 😂

  67. M.... P....

    I am a ligma

    M.... P....

    Nothing much, how about you?

  68. M.... M....

    The Kinks, The Who, The Stones and The Beatles...like that.

  69. S.... L....

    The air pollution is fucking up my eyes!!!

  70. M.... D....

    Im so civilized cause Im a straight vegetarian, wish I could be like an apeman.. what a luxury... I DONT WANNA DIE IN A NUCLEAR WAR!

  71. s.... s....

    The virgin transhumanist vs the *CHAD APEMAN*

    s.... s....

    Lol love it

  72. A.... M....

    Life goals

  73. F.... Z....

    The wind is fucking up my eyes

  74. A.... ....

    The last man on earth brought these guys to my attention, it’s nothing like the stuff I normally listen to but I enjoy it

  75. C.... M....

    Music has devolved greatly since the days of the Kinks. Especially in the past 20 years

  76. T.... L....

    When you consider climate change, this song is now more relevant then ever b4... time to play this sone everywhere.

  77. S.... M....

    Luther Hargreeves called. He wants his nickname back.

  78. S.... ....

    Literally my childhood.
    I’m 16 btw. Thanks to my dad I love these guys

    S.... ....

    The Kinks one of the best bands ever.

  79. �.... m....

    god save the kinks!

  80. j.... c....

    Love this song was in the beginning of Club Paradise with Robin Williams

  81. R.... h....

    MY FAVORITE KINKS TUNE...

  82. J.... d....

    this song sounds a lot like Lola

  83. k.... ....

    A mailman told me about this song today when I was wearing one of my Donkey Kong shirts, good on that guy for referencing this song

  84. M.... 4....

    Beautiful song

  85. G.... P....

    Why did they choose to sing with a West Indian accent (that's what I assume it is...)?

  86. T.... G....

    I stumbled upon this drunk as hell and can’t stop listening

  87. C.... W....

    Good to hear a song I can actually enjoy...that keeps my attention all the way through

  88. G.... M....

    This Ray Davies was replaced by Ashok from Mumbai.

  89. j.... c....

    I too am an apeman, your world frightens and confuses me
    Matt Lewis is megatouch

  90. T.... J....

    People seem to to take this at face value as some sort of hippie anthem but its actually a funny dig at the hippe culture and attitudes of the time "I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilised cause I'm a strict vegetarian" "I'm a king Kong man Im a voodoo man"- he's taking the piss out of hippies, I feel like this is what makes it still relevant today because of the hipster vegan culture

  91. J.... S....

    I’ll be your Tarzan, you’ll be my Jane
    I’ll keep you warm, you’ll keep me sane.
    That’s beautiful. 🥰

  92. F.... Y....

    This song came out the year I was born.
    Look where I'm at in 2019..True sign of a classic!

  93. R.... B....

    324 people need to leave earth

  94. C.... K....

    Every time it gets cold I think of this song and wish I was an ape girl. Not so much to escape the pollution and nuke war threats, just to get away from this blasted cold forever!
    Bring on the global warming and kill this record cold weather!!

    C.... K....

    Great band. Fucking stupid comment.

  95. e.... s....

    ich denke dass er nach paul mc cartneey der beste kompnist von popsongs ist.

  96. e.... s....

    ray davis pur

  97. S.... S....

    Just discovered this song yesterday and this song is probably one of my favorites now. One of the reasons i love this is because it reminds me of my grandfather, i love him and i hope to see him again someday.

  98. f.... ....

    RiP Jim Rodford..

  99. E.... P....

    666 commentary

  100. 2.... ....

    If you ever meet some one you don't like, play this song.