COMMON PEOPLE
 
 

SHE CAME FROM GREECE SHE HAD A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

SHE STUDIES SCULPTURE AT ST. MARTINS COLLEGE
 
THAT'S WHERE I CAUGHT HER EYE

SHE TOLD ME THAT HER DAD WAS LOADED

I SAID  IN THAT CASE I'LL HAVEA RUM AND COCA - COLA
 
SHE SAID  FINE  AND IN A THIRTY SECONDS TIME SHE SAID
 

I WANT TO LIVE WITH COMMON PEOPLE
 
I WANT TO DO WHAT COMMON PEOPLE DO

I WANT TO SLEEP WITH COMMON PEOPLE
 
I WANT TO 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 I STARTED IT 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 SOMEONE 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 YOUR  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

'COS WHEN YOU'RE LAID IN BED AT NIGHT
 
WATCHING ROACHES CLIMB THE WALL

IF YOU CALLED YOUR DAD HE COULD STOP IT ALL
 

YOU'LL NEVER LIVE WITH 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 NOTHIN' ELSE TO DO
 
 

SING ALONG WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE
 
SING ALONG AND IT MIGHT JUST GET YOU THROUGH

LAUGH ALONG WITH COMMON PEOPLE
 
LAUGH ALONG EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE LAUGHING AT YOU

AND THE STUPID THINGS THAT YOU DO
 
BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT POOL IS COOL

LIKE A DOG LYING IN A CORNER THEY WILL BITE YOU AND NEVER WARN YOU
 
LOOK OUT   THEY'LL TEAR YOU INSIDE OUT

'COS EVERYBODY HATES A TOURIST ESPECIALLY ONE WHO THINKS
 
THAT IT'S ALL SUCH A LAUGH

AND THE CHIP STAINS AND 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 ARE AMAZED THAT THEY EXIST AND THEY BURN SO BRIGHT
 
WHILST YOU CAN ONLY WONDER WHY
 

 
RENT A FLAT ABOVE YOUR  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

'COS WHEN YOU'RE LAID IN BED AT NIGHT
 
WATCHING ROACHES CLIMB THE WALL

IF YOU CALLED YOUR DAD HE COULD STOP IT ALL
 
 

YOU'LL NEVER LIVE WITH 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 NOTHIN' ELSE TO DO
 

I WANT TO LIVE WITH COMMON PEOPLE LIKE YOU

I WANT TO LIVE WITH COMMON PEOPLE LIKE YOU

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