Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ch-ch-ch-chimp, chimp, chimp in outer space Said goodbye to the human race The first on Earth to ever escape To find his very own personal p-p-p-planet of the apes Ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh Ch-ch-ch-chimp, chimp in a rocket ship The first primate on an interstellar trip Having a blast eating bananas and grapes On his very own personal p-p-p-planet of the apes Ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh He won't send a letter home 'Cause he don't know how to write He was only trained to fly a million-dollar rocket Into suborbital space flight Ch-ch-ch-chimp, chimp, chimp among the stars He's not going to land on Jupiter or Mars Got coordinates set for just one place It's his very own personal p-p-p-planet of the apes Aah-aah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh, ah-ah