A Well Respected Man
Cause he gets up in the morningAnd 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 punctualityIt 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 councillors,While discussing foreign trade,And she passes looks, as well as billsAt 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 backyardAnd he likes his fags the bestCause he’s better than the restAnd his own sweat smells the bestAnd he hopes to grab his fathers lootWhen 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 townDoing the best things so conservatively.
And he plays at stocks and shares,And he goes to the regatta,He adores the girl next door,Cause he’s dying to get at her,But his mother knows the best aboutThe 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 townDoing the best things so conservatively.