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Well, I was walking down the |
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High Road |
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And this guy stops me |
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He'd just got in from |
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New Zealand |
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And he was looking for mushy peas |
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I said, no, we hadn't really got 'em round here |
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I said, but we do got |
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Balti, Bhindi, strictly |
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Hindi Dall, |
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Halal and |
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I'm walking down the road |
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We got rocksoul, okra, bombay duck-ra |
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Shrimp beansprout, comes with it or without - with it or without |
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Bagels soft or simply harder |
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Exotic avocado or toxic empenada |
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We got akee, lassi, |
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Somali waccy baccy |
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I'm sure back home you know what tikka's all about - what tikka's all about |
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Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods |
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You can get inspiration along the highroad |
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Hommus, cous cous in the jus of octopus |
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Pastrami and salami and lasagne on the go |
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Welcome stranger, there's no danger |
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Welcome to this humble neighborhood |
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There's Balti, |
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Bhindi, strictly |
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Hindi Dall, |
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Halal and |
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I'm walking down the road |
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Rocksoul, okra, bombay duck-ra |
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Shrimp beansprout, comes with it or without |
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So anyway, |
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I told him |
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I was in a band |
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He said, "Oh yeah, oh yeah - what's your music like?" |
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I said, "It's um, um, well, it's kinda like You know, it's got a bit of, um, you know." |
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Ragga, Bhangra, two-step |
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Tanga Mini-cab radio, music on the go |
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Um, surfbeat, backbeat, frontbeat, backseat |
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There's a bunch of players and they're really letting go |
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We got, Brit pop, hip hop, rockabilly, |
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Lindy hop |
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Gaelic heavy metal fans fighting in the road |
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Ah, Sunday boozers for chewing gum users |
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They got a crazy |
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D.J. and she's really letting go |
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Oh, welcome stranger |
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Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods |
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Well, I say, there's plenty of places to eat round here |
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He say, "Oh yeah, I'm pretty choosy." |
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You got Balti, |
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Bhindi, strictly |
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Hindi Dall, |
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Halal, walking down the road |
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Rocksoul, okra, bombay duck-ra |
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Shrimp beansprout, comes with it or without |
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Let's check it out |
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Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods, neighborhoods |
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Check out all that |
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Por-da-sol, por-da-sol |
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Walking down the highroad |
