She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge

She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College

That's where I, caught her eye

She told me that her Dad was loaded

I said "In that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola"

She said "Fine"

And then in thirty seconds time she said

I wanna live like common people

I wanna do whatever common people do

I wanna sleep with common people

I wanna sleep with common people like you

Well, what else could I do?

I said "I'll see what I can do"

I took her to a supermarket

I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere

So it started there

I said pretend you've got no money

She just laughed and said "Oh you're so funny"

I said "Yeah?

But I can't see anyone else smiling in here

Are you sure?

You wanna live like common people

You wanna see whatever common people see

Wanna sleep with common people

You wanna sleep with common people like me

But she didn't understand

She just smiled and held my hand

Rent a flat above a shop

Cut your hair and get a job

Smoke some fags and play some pool

Pretend you never went to school

But still you'll never get it right

'Cause when you're laid in bed at night

Watching roaches climb the wall

If you called your Dad he could stop it all, yeah

You'll never live like common people

You'll never do whatever common people do

You'll never fail like common people

You'll never watch your life slide out of view

And dance and drink and screw

Because there's nothing else to do

Sing along with the common people

Sing along and it might just get you through

Laugh along with the common people

Laugh along even though they're laughing at you

And the stupid things that you do

Because you think that poor is cool

I want to live with common people like you

I want to live with common people like you

I want to live with common people like you

I want to live with common people like you

I want to live with common people like you

I want to live with common people like you

La la la you!

La la la la you!

La la la la oh you!