

'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
'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
A canção “A Well Respected Man” foi escrita por Ray Davies, vocalista e guitarrista rítmico dos The Kinks, como uma sátira à classe alta britânica.
Foi lançada inicialmente no EP *Kwyet Kinks* no Reino Unido, em setembro de 1965, e depois distribuída como single nos Estados Unidos e na Europa continental.
A inspiração da letra veio do interesse de Ray Davies por music hall e do desdém que sentiu por turistas ricos que encontrou durante uma viagem de férias em 1965.
O tema marcou uma mudança importante para a banda, que passou de um rock mais barulhento para estudos de personagens com foco na cultura inglesa.
Críticos destacam a música por sua influência e sagacidade lírica, reconhecendo‑a como uma das faixas mais bem‑sucedidas e lembradas dos Kinks.
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