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NELLIE MCKAY LYRICS

"Respectable"
There's a rich boy
But he doesn't spend
He just drinks his Poland Spring 
He's a quick boy walkin' round the bend 
Or at home alone reading 
And he wants to do good 
And he wants to do right 
So he does what he should 
But he's got to subscribe 
To the rules of the tribe 
Now you're 
Playin' for the team 
Everybody loves to love a winner 
And you're bustin' the beguine
Everybody knows you're no beginner
But ah the bums say oh 
Things ain't what they seem 

You're the respectable member of society 
But you don't have nothin' on me 
You gotcha east side certified pedigree 
But you won't have nothin' you'll see
Because I warned you 
They would scorn you 
But you never did a thing 

When you go in for the kill 
Everybody wants to make it happen
And you make a hundred mil 
Everybody wants to scratch your back then 
But ah the freaks say oh 
Things ain't what they seem 

You're a respectable member of society 
But you don't have nothin' on me 
You gotcha uppercrust dinner tux sanctimony 
But you won't have nothin' you'll see 
Because I told you 
They would mold you 
But you never did a thing 

Are you gonna tell 
Are you gonna hide 
Are you 
Gonna join the crowd or split 
Who are you payin' 
Ah what are you sayin' 
Are you gonna sell 
Are you gonna buy 
Are you gonna fizzle out or hit 
Where are you layin' 
Ah what are you sayin' 

He's a grown man 
And he wears a tie 
And his laugh is hard and fast 
He's a old man 
Far before his time 
And his jacket holds a flask 
And he tried to do good 
And he tried 
To do right 
So he did what he could 
But he had to subscribe
To the rules of the tribe 

Now you're lookin' for a queen 
Everybody talks too much and argues 
And it makes you wanna scream 
Don't these little punks 
Realize who they're talkin' to 
But ah the scrubs say oh 
Things ain't what they seem 

You're a respectable member of society 
But you don't have nothin' on me 
You gotcha caterers and prada and your maitre'd 
But you won't have nothin' you'll see 
Because I warned you 
They would burn you 
But you never did a thing 
You're the respectable members of society 
But you don't have nothin on me 
You're the respectable members of society 
You're so respectable 
You're the respectable members of 
You're so respectable