Saturday Morning Rush

Uh, yeah, yeah, I know it's your sister's wedding Nah, of course I'm not going up west to buy records Yeah, I'll be back by 12:30, yeah, later Synchronise watch, 11:30, give me an hour And I'm gone Scamper across two roads to see the 73 stopping I sight Dobe and I manage to hail him, grabbing the bus I board, no I haven't got the right change Pound to the angel? 11:40, off the bus, street, Big Issue, station ticket Ah, should've got a travel card, damn, forget it, anyway Escalator, 1-2, train Sorry, 'scuse me, 'scuse me, sorry, sorry Quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry No time to call Dima Swoods at work It's strictly solo running Saturday morning, me against the clock And I change at King's Cross Off at Leicester Square, stairs, escalator, machine And straight into a herd of Scandinavian tourists Ah, sorry, 'scuse me, 'scuse me, sorry, sorry Hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry hurry People so fiery, a route challenge And I'm- gone Over the square, into the alley, Chinatown Avoid the man wheeling the cooking oil Over Shaftesbury, Compton, Warder, Broadway Who wears that underwear? Poland Street, miss the bongos Saturday morning, for the man Uh, yeah, Charlie, how are you man? I'm lookin' the new Skitz 12 Oh, but he dunno, he's gotta go And so as he turns to offer obscure indie hip-hop I turn, but fall into one of the lost Scandinavian tourists (?) Someone suggests another shop, someone suggests another life And, stepping outside, I'm offered and try to resist An early morning road draw I have officially given up However, in my unofficial capacity, I once again indulge No time for bredginization I can't stay, I'm not here, I'm gone 11:45 passes to 11:50 Pass through Deal Real - sold out I find Spranger outside, enjoying sunshine Holding a Skitz 12 Have I heard it? I'm trying Quick quick, hurry hurry Oh, quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry hurry Poland, Lexington, Silver Place to Soul Jazz Where Ethan is playing rare, obscure, expensive jazz To rare, obscure, expensive DJs In rare, obscure Japanese denim Look, Ethan, man, um, yeah, is it early Uh, you got the Skitz 12? You've sold it To the rare, expensive Japanese DJ Who tells me Russ Allen's been playing it Patrick Ford's been playing it Peter's had it for a year and a half And have I heard it? Well, with a rare, expensive look I say "Actually, no, but I'm trying" Job done, all end well Quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry hurry Oh lord, it's Big Street, Golden Square, Lower John's Brew a gentleman to release the groove Conversation about last night Louis Vegas set an early 80's New York club culture And, like, Dinosaur Earl, I go bang, and boom And bump into a familiar Scandinavian tourist You're in the wrong shop, mate! Yeah yeah, listen, JC, I'm cool man Yeah, listen, have you- Yeah, yeah, she's fine man Listen- nah, please, JC! Have you got the new Skitz 12? Ugh, sadly, I hear myself offer £50 for his copy And at 7 minutes 42 seconds past 12 there's Thoughts of Pete in antlers, there's thoughts of Wild pigs, there's thoughts of a vexed girlfriend And it's time to cut my losses before my losses cut me Ah, break for Shaftesbury, destroying the Green Cross cold I head along the road in the road Chinatown, Leicester Square, stairs at 30 miles per hour Escalators, 10 minutes, 7 seconds past Keep on the right, I'm comin' through King's Cross, Angel, escalator, 1-2 And at 17 minutes past it's up the street 73 is passing, I board the central reservation Where the 10-year-olds will break your windscreen And- No, I haven't got the right change! A pound? I should've bought a travel card! Never mind! Quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry- Oh, Essex road rage, off the bus And at 28-36 past, I Break the Hackney Saturday morning land speed record And make the bus stop to my gates in 1 minute, 24 seconds Hit the bell, and home Yeah, yeah, it's me Uh, nowhere, just a- jog around the park What you listening to? ...the new Skitz 12? You got it yesterday? Have I heard it? Uh, nah, no, I didn't even know he had a new one out