Before the hairless asses there was liberty,
Even the flower and the bird were free.
But now they've arrived all the plants have been put in pots
And the birds are all in cages if they're not already shot.
Because they invented prison and the condemned,
Criminal records and innocent men.
They cut their own tongues to protect the nobility
Even though they claim to act with civility,
The apes, the apes, the apes of our society.
Oh, before them there were no problems:
Bananas could be eaten any time, including Lent.
But the they arrived with their intolerance
And the God-given will to stop other people's intolerance.
For they're the ones that started the Templar crusades,
The hunt for infidels and the purchasing of slaves.
And then those who don't want to hunt are treated with hostility.
Because that's what they call civilised society,
The apes, the apes, the apes of our society.
Before them man was a prince,
Woman was a princess and love was a province
But since they've arrived the province is in drought,
The prince is a tramp and the princess sells herself.
They invented love which is a sin.
Love which is a business, the business of virgins
Where a man's worth is valued by his virility
And then they claim to act with civility!
The apes, the apes, the apes of our society.
Before them there was peace on Earth
For every ten elephants there was only one soldier
But then they arrived and the elephants have all been beaten
And the reason of the state chased away the real reasons.
They invented all the instruments of torture,
The electric chair, the Nazi gas chambers,
Bombs full of napalm and all other atrocities
And that's since they've had that 'civility'!
The apes, the apes, the apes of our society.
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