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 DJ and she's really letting go      Oh, welcome stranger   Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods      Well, I said, "There's plenty of places to eat"   He said, "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   Just check it out      Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods   Neighborhoods, check out all that      Por da sol, por da sol   Walking down the high road