Common People

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 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
I said, what else could I do?
I just… I'll see what I can do

I took hеr to a supermarket
Don’t know why, had to start it somewhеre
So it started right there

I said, “pretend you got no money"
She just laughed and said, "you're so funny"
I said, I don't hear a single laugh here besides you
Are you sure

You wanna live like common people
You wanna see whatever common people see
You wanna sleep with common people
You wanna sleep with common people like me?
And she didn't understand
She just smiled and held my hand

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair, get a job
Smoke some fags, play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
But you 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 then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

Sing along with the common people
Sing along and it might just bring you through
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along, even though they’re laughing at you
The stupid things that you do
Cos you think that poor is cool

Pow, pow, pow, pow!
(Whistling)