A Well Respected Man - The Kinks

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Artist - The Kinks
Song - A Well Respected Man (1965)
Music & Lyrics - Ray Davies

[Verse 1]

             
Cos' he gets u

      
p in the morni

ng,
             
And he goes to

      
 work at nine,
             
And he comes b

         
ack home at fi


ve-thirty,
             
Gets the same 

         
train every ti


me.
             
cause his worl

          
d is built rou

          
nd punctuality

,
      
It never fails

.

[Chorus 1] 

           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o good,
           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o fine,
           
And he's oh, s

/  
o healthy,
           
In his body an

/    
d his mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town,
             
Doing the best

             
 things so con

            
servatively.


[Verse 2]

             
And his mother

      
 goes to meeti

ngs,
             
While his fath

          
er pulls the m


aid,
             
And she stirs 

          
the tea with c

 
ouncillors,
             
While discussi

        
ng foreign tra

de,
             
And she passes

       
 looks, as wel

l as bills
         
At every suave

        
 young man.


[Chorus 2]

           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o good,
           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o fine,
           
And he's oh, s

/  
o healthy,
           
In his body an

/    
d his mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town,
             
Doing the best

             
 things so con

            
servatively.

[Verse 3]

             
And he likes h

        
is own backyar

d,
             
And he likes h

         
is fags the be


st,
             
Cos' he's bett

         
er than the re


st,
             
And his own sw

          
eat smells the

  
 best,
             
And he hopes t

        
o grab his fat

her's loot,
          
When pater pas

   
ses on.

[Chorus 3] 

           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o good,
           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o fine,
           
And he's oh, s

/  
o healthy,
           
In his body an

/    
d his mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town,
             
Doing the best

             
 things so con

            
servatively.

[Verse 4]

             
And he plays a

          
t stocks and s

 
hares,
             
And he goes to

    
 the regatta,
             
And he adores 

          
the girl next 

  
door,
             
Cos' he's dyin

     
g to get at he

r,
             
But his mother

        
 knows the bes

t about,
         
The matrimonia

    
l stakes

[Chorus 4] 

           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o good,
           
And he's oh, s

/ 
o fine,
           
And he's oh, s

/  
o healthy,
           
In his body an

/    
d his mind.
             
He's a well re

        
spected man ab

out town,
             
Doing the best

             
 things so con

            
servatively.


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