I was flying in my spaceship, I was in my little ship
On an inter-planetary pleasure cruise
A trip relaxes thought I, as I rocketed along

Spacing out on outer space's views

Reactor blows I lose control we start to smoke and burn

Into an alien atmosphere I'm hurled
Crash landed on this Earth-type planet somehow still alive
I then began to scan this strange new world


Everywhere guns. Monkeys with guns
Everywhere guns, guns, guns, guns, guns

Everywhere guns. Monkeys with guns
Everywhere guns, guns, guns, guns, guns


Seems to me I've landed on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
Don't think that I can stand it on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
Broken down and stranded on the Planet of the N. R. Apes

A pacifist is branded on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
On the Planet of the N. R. Apes
I'm on the Planet of the N. R. Apes


The apes were armed with every kind of firepower known
Protective of their right to shoot me dead

So I flashed a friendly peace sign just to put them all at ease
They shot at me and captured me instead


Well they held me as their prisoner until I was old and greet
'Til I stole this ship and made my great escape
And now I've landed back on Earth but I don't think I'll stay

'Cause all I see is lots more N. R. Apes.

Everywhere guns. Monkeys with guns

Everywhere guns, guns, guns, guns, guns
Why so many guns? Even children got guns
Everywhere guns, guns, guns, guns, guns


Once again I've landed on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
A pacifist is branded on the Planet of the N. R. Apes

Treated like a bandit on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
Don't think that I can stand it on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
I'm on the Planet of the N. R. Apes. I'm on the Planet of the N. R. Apes


Everywhere guns. Everybody got guns
Everywhere guns, guns, guns, guns, guns

Why so many guns? Even children got guns
Everywhere guns, guns, guns, guns, guns


Once again I've landed on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
They caught me empty-handed on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
A Smith & Wesson lesson on the Planet of the N. R. Apes

Keep 'em polite and guessin' on the Planet of the N. R. Apes
On the Planet of the N. R. Apes. I'm on the Planet of the N. R. Apes