JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS - BHINDI BHAGEE LYRICS

I knew Joe Strummer (ex-Clash, now dead) was smart but I didn't know he was daggy. The following song from Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros is so daggy that you could imagine The Mutton Birds or Dave Warner singing it.

(Oh, there's no point explaining daggy to American-types. The idea that we are better by embracing our failings is a little alien to the "be all you can be" types).

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

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

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