ABA Journal The digital English academy
Hello and happy Monday!
Let’s keep up the fun weekend vibes and learn some English with The Kinks. They were a British band that sung from the late sixties on until the nineties. Have you listened to any of their music?
Now’s the time!
Put on your headphones and get ready to sing along.
1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Sing!
Lyrics
I think I’m sophisticated ‘cos I’m living my life like a good homosapien,
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,
‘Cos 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 ‘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 apeman, I’m an ape, apeman,
Oh, I’m an apeman,
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voo-doo man, oh I’m an apeman.
‘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 apeman.
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.
‘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 apeman.
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voo-doo man,
I am an ape man.
I look out the 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 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 voo-doo man, Oh, I’m an apeman.
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 apeman.I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, Oh, I’m an apeman,
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voo-doo man, Oh, 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 apeman.
Vocabulary
Sophisticated – having or showing a lot of experience and knowledge about the world and about culture, art, literature, etc.
Ape – a type of animal (such as a chimpanzee or gorilla) that is closely related to monkeys and humans and that is covered in hair and has no tail or a very short tail.
Strict – carefully obeying the rules or principles of a religion or a particular way of life.
Starvation – suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat : the condition of someone who is starving.
Inflation – a continual increase in the price of goods and services.
Shore – the land along the edge of an area of water (such as an ocean, lake, etc.).
Roll by – go by.
Rumble – to make a low, heavy, continuous sound or series of sounds.
Feel at ease – to be in a relaxed and comfortable state.
Swinging – to move backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something.
Fogging up – to make (someone or something) confused.
Sane – having a healthy mind : able to think normally.
