Landed on a planet not unlike my own
Men look heaps like apes
Monkey freedoms roam
Soldier aches on horseback
Soldier aches on foot
Learned apes with orange hair give you dirty looks

You must fight to live,
You must fight to live,
You must fight to live
On the planet of the apes

Befriended by one ape
And much to my shocked grin
he began to speak to me
but I began to resent

You must fight to live,
You must fight to live,
You must fight to live
On the planet of the apes

Realise this was terran soil
This was to be man's fate
Monkeys treating me like shit
You stinking apes, you filthy apes

Learn all their customs
Never tell them no
Ape shall not kill ape
God help those who do

You must fight to live,
You must fight to live,
You must fight to live
On the planet of the apes