Common People

[William Shatner, Joe Jackson, Both]

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

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? Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here

Are you sure you want to live like common people?

You want to see whatever common people see?

You want to sleep with common people?

You want to 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

When you're lyin' in bed at night

Watching roaches climb the wall

If you call your dad he could stop it all

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

'Cause you think that "poor" is cool

Like a dog lying in a corner

It'll bite you and never warn you

Look out, they'll tear your insides out

Because everybody hates a tourist

'Cause everybody hates a tourist

'Specially one who thinks it's all such a laugh

Yeah and the chip stains' grease will come out in the bath

You will never understand

How it feels to live your life

With no meaning or control

And with nowhere left to go

You're amazed that they exist

And they burn so bright, while

You can only wonder why

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

When you've laid in bed at night

Watching roaches climb the wall

If you call your dad he could stop it all

You'll never live like common people

You'll never do what 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

[Choir]

Wanna sleep with the common people like you

Wanna sleep with the common people like you

Wanna sleep with the common people like you