A Well Respected Man lyrics by The Kinks
Artist: KinksTitle: A Well Respected Man
Composer: DAVIES RAYMOND DOUGLAS
"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band The Kinks from 1966. It reached #13 on the US charts. It was included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was featured in the 2007 film Juno and its award-winning soundtrack. It can also be heard during the end credits of the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
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Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five thirty
Gets the same train every time
Cause his world is built
round punctuality
It never fails
And he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things
so conservatively
And his mother goes to meetings
while his father pulls the maid
And she stirs the tea with councilors
while discussing foreign trade
And she passes looks as well as bills
at every suave young man
And he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things
so conservatively
And he likes his own backyard
And he likes his fags the best
cause he's better than the rest
And his own sweat smells the best
And he hopes to grab his father's loot
when pater passes on
And he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things
so conservatively
And he plays at stocks and shares
And he goes to the regatta
And he adores the girl next door
cause he's dying to get at her
But his mother knows the best about
the matrimonial stakes
And he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things
so conservatively
