Gorilla Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bkabbott 

Cover art for Gorilla lyrics by James Taylor

I was tired so I didn't explain much. The beginning of the song is literally about a gorilla. But there is a literal and abstract interpretation, generally.

Towards the end "the heartache a 'man' " I think he overtly spells it out at that point.

So he's using a gorilla in a cage at a zoo as a metaphor. And this was 1975, wasn't alive then.

JT generally keeps it simple however, he could be a registered member of PETA.