[PeeJay]

High Street Ken:

Hush Puppies - silk cravat
Skips out the Laundromat
Starts up his MGB
Soft-top in Racing Green

Down Portobello Road
Everything’s a la mode
He’ll get some objets d’art
Jazz up his cocktail bar

(Ch)
High Street Ken
Loves all the latest trends
Two of those – and one of them
That’s High Street Ken

He’s out of work right now
But pays the rent somehow
A little buy and sell
His mother taught him well

Weekends he’s up Soho
Moth to the neon glow
He dresses to impress
No questions – no confess

(Ch)
High Street Ken
Loves all the latest trends
Two of those – and one of them
That’s High Street Ken

(Br)
Now and then he goes away
To visit ‘Mister X’
Does exactly as he’s told
And comes back with a cheque

(Ch)
High Street Ken
Loves all the latest trends
Two of those – and one of them
That’s High Street Ken

© Philip Jones

[jameba]

a smart write, liked the conception of the song, my interpretation is hes a drug dealer, who enjoys the high life, enjoyed it and putting a character into it adds to it instead of speaking about dealing drugs its talking about the life style of a drug dealer. I hope that's the meaning of the song.
and like the bridge and how it makes the penny drop hes a drug dealer
nice one
james

[Jess]

I got something different from this...I imagined Ken from toy story 3 mixed with gok wan, living as a shopaholic well I liked that image anyway
Not going to lie I understood no words from verses 1 & 2, as the song progressed it became more understandable but there were still quite a few bits that left me confused. Looking at the tile I thought it was going to be quite simple, but it seems far from.
I did like it, I just wish I understood half the words!

[benjo]

hey,

I could be wrong here but I got rent boy type of thing
how he paid his rent and mr x but then he's seems to be from the sixties or
an age ago,
some words in there I didn't understand too,
I enjoyed what I did understand though,  tony...

[BooBoo]

Love this!! Nothing else to say!

[PeeJay]

And the winner is........Tony!

You hit the nail on the head sir!

Hi James,

Yes i suppose drugs would be a part of his life.

Hi Jess,

Weren't there rumours about Barbie's Ken? You were right about his love of shopping though.

Hi Tony,

Yeah you got it. And his mother taught him well - not his father.

Hi BooBoo,

Thank you ma'am.

Cheers all,

Phil.