A Well Respected Man

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Kassner Music Co. Ltd

Chord file

Lyrics:

'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

'Cause 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.

'Cause 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.

'Cause 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.

This song can be found on the following releases:

mono mix (2:38), recorded probably 6 Aug, 1965 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

simulated stereo (2:38), recorded probably 6 Aug, 1965 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix, as "Un Jeune Homme Bien" (French translation) by Petula Clark, recorded 1965

mono mix, BBC recording (2:38), recorded 13 Dec, 1965 at Playhouse Theatre, London

live, mono mix (3:12), recorded 1 Apr, 1967 at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland

live, stereo mix (3:12), recorded 1 Apr, 1967 at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland

mono mix, BBC recording, part of medley, "off-air bootleg" (2:10), recorded 22 Jul, 1968 at BBC Television Centre, Studio 8, London

live, stereo mix (1:26), recorded 24 Dec, 1977 at Rainbow Theatre, London

stereo mix, Karaoke instrumental by unknown musicians, recorded around 1999

stereo mix, by Josh Rouse, recorded 2002

stereo mix, as "En veldig respektable mann" by Veldig Respektable Menn, recorded 2004

stereo mix, by Mary Lamont (4:20), recorded 2010 at Niteflight Productions, Massapequa, NY

stereo mix, by The Kast Off Kinks (2:22), recorded 18-19 Feb 2013 at Roundel Studios, Horton Kirby, Kent

stereo mix, by the Sunny Afternoon original London cast (2:32), recorded Aug-Sep 2014 at Konk Studios, North London

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