Now, I'm the king of the swingers To the jungle VIP I've reached the top and had to stop And that's was bothering me I wanna be a man, man-cub And stroll right into town And be just like the other man I'm tired of monkeyin' around Oh, oh-bee-doo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like you Talk like you, too You'll see it's true An ape like me Can learn to be human too Now don't try kid me, man-cub I made a deal with you What I desire is man's red fire To make my dream come true Now, give me the secret man-cub C'mon, clue me what to do Give me the power of man's red flower So I can be like you Oh, oh-bee-doo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like you Talk like you, too You'll see it's true An ape like me Can learn to be human too You, ooh I wanna be like you I wanna walk like you I wanna talk like you You'll see it's true An ape like me Can learn to be Like someone like me Can learn to be Like someone like me Can learn to be Like someone like me