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