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)