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 wanna live
with common people like you
I wanna live
with common people like you
I wanna live
with common people like you
I wanna live
with common people like you
I wanna live
with common people like you
I wanna live
with common people like you
La la la la,
you!
La la la la,
you!
La la la la la la,
oh you!