Lyric discussion by BGDkokobill 

Cover art for Respectable lyrics by Rolling Stones, The

this song is about Keith Richards being arrested in Canada for some heroin and the same time Margaret Trudeau run away with Mick, (when tour in Canada) so they negotiated with Peire Treadou PM of Canada to set Keith free and Mick has to turn Margaret back to his husband cos he's PM and his wife's respectable...all on the web, google

Actually, Jagger told a writer for "Globe and Mail" in the mid 90s that Maggie T. was more Ronnie's main squeeze: "she wasn't my type...not really glamorous!!"