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A Well Respected Man:Kinks.
#13 in 1965.

INTRO: 

#1.
            
Cause he gets 

          
up in the morn

           
ing, and he go

      
es to work at 

nine..
           
and he comes h

          
ome at five-th

              
irty, gets the

           
 same train ev

ery

time.
             
Cause his worl

            
d is built on 

          
punctuality, t

         
o him it never

fails.

CHORUS: 
            
And he's oh, s

           
o good, and he

       
's oh, so fine

..
            
and he's oh, s

            
o healthy, in 

           
his body and h

   
is mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town..
             
doing the best

             
 things, so co

             
nservatively.

#2.
            
And his mother

          
 goes to meeti

            
ngs, while his

       
 father paws t

he

maid..
             
And she stirs 

           
her tea with c

             
ountenance, wh

      
ile discussing
      
foreign trade.
             
And she passes

          
 looks, as wel

            
l as bills, at

          
 every suave y

oung


man.

CHORUS: 
            
And he's oh, s

           
o good, and he

       
's oh, so fine

..
            
and he's oh, s

            
o healthy, in 

           
his body and h

   
is mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town..
             
doing the best

             
 things, so co

             
nservatively.

#3.
             
And he likes h

          
is own back ya

           
rd, and he lik

       
es his fags th

e

best.
             
Cause he's bet

           
ter than the r

          
est and his ow

        
n sweat smells
    
the best.
             
And he hopes t

          
o grab his fat

            
her's loot whe

           
n Pater passes

 
 on.

CHORUS: 
             
Cause he's oh,

          
 so good, and 

         
he's oh, so fi

ne..
            
and he's oh, s

            
o healthy, in 

           
his body and h

   
is mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town..
             
doing the best

             
 things, so co

             
nservatively.

#4.
             
And he plays t

            
he stocks and 

          
shares, and he

        
 goes to the 

regatta.
             
He adores the 

          
girl next door

           
, and he's dyi

        
ng to get at h

er.
             
But his mother

          
 knows the bes

           
t about the ma

        
trimonial stat

e.

CHORUS: 
            
And he's oh, s

           
o good, and he

       
's oh, so fine

..
            
and he's oh, s

            
o healthy, in 

           
his body and h

   
is mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town..
             
doing the best

             
 things, so co

             
nservatively.


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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