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This world is big and wild and half insane 
Take me where real animals are playing 
Just a dirty old shack 
Where the hound dogs bark 
That we called our home 
I want to be back there 
Among the cats and dogs 
And the pigs and the goats 
On Animal Farm 
My animal home 
On Animal Farm 
My animal home 

While I lay my head upon my pillow 
Little girl, come play beneath my window 
Though she's far from home 
She is free from harm 
And she need not fear 
She is by my side 
And the sky is wide 
So let the sun shine bright 
On Animal Farm 
My animal home 
On Animal Farm 
My animal home 

Girl, It's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down 
Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world 
I'll take you where real animals are playing 
And people are real people not just playing 
It's a quiet, quiet life 
By a dirty old shack 
That we called our home 
I want to be back there 
Among the cats and dogs 
And the pigs and the goats 
On Animal Farm 
My animal home 
On Animal Farm 
My animal home 
On Animal Farm 
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

I've been waiting for years to buy a brand new cadillac
But now that I've got one I want to send it right back
I can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine
But even if I had the dough no one's got no gasoline

I went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight
He said there's a little gas going but I'd have to wait
But he offered some red hot speed and some really high grade hash
But a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere for any amount of cash

I can score you some coke and some grade one grass
But I can't get a gallon of gas
I've got some downers some speed all the drugs that you need
But I can't get a gallon of gas
There's no more left to buy or sell
There's no more oil left in the well
A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
For any amount of cash

two extra verses from long version:
I love your body-work, but you're really no use
How can I drive you when I got no juice?
Because it's stuck in neutral and my engine's got no speed
And the highways are deserted
and the air smells unnaturally clean.

It's got power-assisted overdrive and carpets on the floor,
but it's parked out front just like a dead dinosaur.
And I'll be paying off the bank for 45 years or more.
It should go 100 miles an hour,
but it's never moved away from my door.

Who needs a car and a seven-forty-seven
When you can't buy a gallon of gas
Who needs a highway, an airport or a jet
When you can't get a gallon of gas
There's no more left to buy or sell
There's no more oil left in the well
A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
For any amount of cash
You can't buy a gallon of gas

A Gallon of Gas

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 a voo doo 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.

Apeman

If ever you think about the happiest days of your life
Cast back your mind for a while
And remember the time when you were a child.
Don't think of things that make you sad,
Just remember all the good times that you had.

Do you remember only happy days,
Full of flaming Junes and summer holidays?
Or do you remember those stormy Novembers
As we walked in the wind and the rain?
Schooldays were such happy days
Now they seem so far away,
I remember and I'll always treasure.
Schooldays were the happiest days of your life
But we never appreciate the good times we have
Until it's too late.

I miss all the acquaintances we made
And I'd go back if I could only find a way,
Schooldays were the happiest days
Though at the time they filled me with dismay.
We only remember what we choose to remember.
When I was a schoolboy I loathed regulations and rules
I hated my textbooks and my school uniform,
'Cos it made me conform,
And teachers were always disobeyed,
But I'd go back if I could only find a way.

Schooldays were the happiest days,
Now they seem so far away.
I remember and I'll always treasure
Schooldays were the happiest days of your life
But we never appreciate the good times we have
Until it's too late.
Now I wish I hadn't strayed,
And I'd go back if I could only find a way.
Those schooldays.

Schooldays

Where are you going I don't mind
I've killed my world and I've killed my time
So where do I go what do I see
I see many people coming after me
So where are you going to I don't mind
If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die
So I will follow you wherever you go
If your offered hand is still open to me
Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one
So you've been where I've just come
From the land that brings losers on
So we will share this road we walk
And mind our mouths and beware our talk
'Till peace we find tell you what I'll do
All the things I own I will share with you
If I feel tomorrow like I feel today
We'll take what we want and give the rest away
Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one
Holy man and holy priest
This love of life makes me weak at my knees
And when we get there make your play
'Cos soon I feel you're gonna carry us away
In a promised lie you made us believe
For many men there is so much grief
And my mind is proud but it aches with rage
And if I live too long I'm afraid I'll die
Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one
Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one

Strangers

Here's wishing you the bluest sky, 
And hoping something better comes tomorrow. 
Hoping all the verses rhyme, 
And the very best of choruses to 
Follow all the doubt and sadness. 
I know that better things are on the way. 

Here's hoping all the days ahead 
Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you. 
Be an optimist instead, 
And somehow happiness will find you. 
Forget what happened yesterday, 
I know that better things are on the way. 

It's really good to see you rocking out 
And having fun, 
Living like you just begun. 
Accept your life and what it brings. 
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things. 
I know tomorrow you'll find better things. 

Here's wishing you the bluest sky, 
And hoping something better comes tomorrow. 
Hoping all the verses rhyme, 
And the very best of choruses to 
Follow all the doubt and sadness. 
I know that better things are on the way. 

I know you've got a lot of good things happening up ahead. 
The past is gone it's all been said. 
So here's to what the future brings, 
I know tomorrow you'll find better things. 
I know tomorrow you'll find better things.

Better Things

Hello you, hello me, hello people we used to be
Isn't it strange, we never changed
We've been through it all yet we're still the same
And I know it's a miracle we still go, and for all we know
We might still have a way to go

Hello me, hello you, you say you want out
Want to start anew, throw in your hand
Break up the band, start a new life, be a new man
But for all we know, we might still have a way to go
Before you go, there's something you ought to know

There's a guy in my block, he lives for rock
He plays records day and night
And when he feels down he puts some rock 'n' roll on
And it makes him feel alright
And when he feels the world is closing in
He turns his stereo way up high

He just spends his life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life living on the edge of reality
He just spends his life in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life living on the edge of reality
He just spends his life in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy

Look at me, look at you
You say we've got nothing left to prove
The King is dead, rock is done
You might be through but I've just begun
I don't know, I feel free and I won't let go
Before you go, there's something you ought to know

Dan is a fan and he lives for our music
It's the only thing that gets him by
He's watched us grow and he's seen all our shows
He's seen us low and he's seen us high
Oh, but you and me keep thinking
That the world's just passing us by

Don't want to spend my life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
Don't want to spend my life living on the edge of reality
Don't want to waste my life hiding away anymore
Don't want to spend my life living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy

The Village Green - A Tribute to The Kinks

Album version

A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy

Greed / Devotion

Some prefer to listen to the whole album from start to finish.  This is for you!

Greed / Devotion

Lucas Brown

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