Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dave Davies
Guitar
Pete Quaife
Bass Guitar
Mick Avory
Drums
Ray Davies
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ray Davies
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Shel Talmy
Producer
Bob Auger
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
'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
[Verse 2]
'Cause his world is built round punctuality
It never fails
[Verse 3]
And he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
[Verse 4]
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
And his mother goes to meetings
While his father calls the maid
[Verse 5]
And she stirs the tea with councilors
While discussing foreign trade
And she passes looks a well as bills
At every suave young man
[Verse 6]
'Cause he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
[Verse 7]
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
[Verse 8]
'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
[Verse 9]
'Cause he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
[Verse 10]
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
[Verse 11]
He adores the girl next door
'Cause he's dying to get at her
But his mother knows the best about
The matrimonial stakes
[Verse 12]
'Cause he's oh so good
And he's oh so fine
And he's oh so healthy
In his body and his mind
[Verse 13]
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
Written by: Ray Davies