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She came from Greece
she had a thirst for knowledge
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She studied sculpture
at Saint Martin's College
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That's where I,
caught her eye
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She told me
that her Dad was loaded
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I said "In that case
I'll have a rum and coca-cola"
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She said "Fine"
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And then in thirty seconds time she said
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I wanna live like common people
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I wanna do whatever common people do
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I wanna sleep with common people
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I wanna sleep with common people like you
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Well, what else could I do?
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I said "I'll see what I can do"
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I took her to a supermarket
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I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere
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So it started there
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I said pretend you've got no money
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She just laughed and said "Oh you're so funny"
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I said "Yeah?
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But I can't see anyone else smiling in here
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Are you sure?
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You wanna live like common people
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You wanna see whatever common people see
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Wanna sleep with common people
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You wanna sleep with common people like me
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But she didn't understand
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She just smiled and held my hand
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Rent a flat above a shop
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Cut your hair and get a job
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Smoke some fags and play some pool
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Pretend you never went to school
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But still you'll never get it right
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'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
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Watching roaches climb the wall
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If you called your Dad he could stop it all, yeah
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You'll never live like common people
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You'll never do whatever common people do
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You'll never fail like common people
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You'll never watch your life slide out of view
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And dance and drink and screw
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Because there's nothing else to do
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Sing along with the common people
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Sing along and it might just get you through
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Laugh along with the common people
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Laugh along even though they're laughing at you
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And the stupid things that you do
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Because you think that poor is cool
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I want to live
with common people like you
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I want to live
with common people like you
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I want to live
with common people like you
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I want to live with common people like you
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I want to live with common people like you
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I want to live with common people like you
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La la la you!
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La la la la you!
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La la la la oh you!