You're just an animal in the zoo Sittin' round feeling persecuted and abused You're locked up and I'm on the loose But I can't quite tell who's looking at who 'Cause I'm an animal, too But you're locked up in a zoo And you look at me and I look at you...

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...

I'm not content to be with you in the daytime Girl I want to be with you all of the time The only time I feel alright is by your side Girl I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night All day and all of the night All day and all...

Tea time won't be the same without my Donna At night I lie awake and dream of Donna I think about that small cafe That's where we used to meet each day And then we used to sit a while And drink our afternoon tea I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)...

You don't need no fancy clothes Where'd you get them, goodness knows? Just show some civility. Act nice, act nice and gentle to me. I don't need no luxuries, As long as you are understanding, I'm not difficult to please. Act nice, act nice and gentle...

La genèse de The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society couvrant une large période débutant de l’enregistrement de Village Green fin 1966 au départ de Quaife, remplacé par Dalton début 1969, j’ai pensé qu’il valait la peine de couvrir les événements...