A well respected man
Davies
single 1965
copyrights: Ed Kassner Music Co
'Cos he gets up in the morning
and he goes to work at nine
and he comes back home at 5.30,
gets the same train every time,
'cos his world is built on 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 councillors
while discussing foreign trade.
And she passes looks as well as bills
at every suave young man.
'Cos 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
'cos 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.
'Cos 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.
He adores the girls next door
'cos he's dying to get at her,
But his mother knows the best
about the matrimonial stakes.
'Cos 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.