Ape Man by Ray Davies I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life like a good homosapien But all around me everybody's multiplying and 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 birds and the trees I am an ape man I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'cause I'm a strict vegetarian But with the overpopulation 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 distant shore And make like an ape man *I'm and ape man I'm an ape ape man I am an ape man I'm a King Kong man I'm a voodoo man I'm an ape man 'Cause compare to the sun that sits in the sky compared 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 invented 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 '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 * I look out my window but I can't see the sky the air pollution is fogging up my eyes I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape man Come on and love me be my ape man girl and we'll be so happy in my ape man world * I'll be your Tarzan you'll be my Jane I'll keep you warm and you keep me sane And we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day just like an ape man * I don't feel safe in this word 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 * (with appologies to Ray) I don't feel safe and that's a fact I don't want to die in a terrorist attack I want to set the clock way way back and make like an ape man * Hippy from Olema by "Banana" Lowell Levinger of the Youngbloods based on Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee well I'm proud to be a hippy from Olema where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights we still take in strangers if they're ragged we can't think of anyone to hate we don't watch commercials in Olema we don't buy the plastic crap they sell we still wear our hair long like folks used to and we bathe often, therefore we don't smell well I'm proud to be a hippy from Olema where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights we still take in strangers if they're ragged we can't think of anyone to hate we don't throw our beer cans on the highway we don't slight a man because he's black we don't spill our oil out in the ocean ’'cause we love birds and fish too much for that and I'm proud to be a hippy from Olema where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights we still take in strangers if they're Haggard in Olema, California, Planet Earth Ray, Jesse, and Merle so far I haven't made penny off your tune but the day I do I'm running to the bank to send you your fair share, really man I believe in that kinda stuff. the email Buddy's Cafeby George Frayne |