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A Well Respected Man

The Kinks

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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

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