Common People

She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculptures in Martin's College
I caught her eye
I caught her eye
She told me that her debt was loaded
She didn't have kids or live around in Coca-Cola
She said, "Fine"
And in thirty seconds time
She said

I want to live like common people
I wanna do whatever common people do
I wanna 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 guess you start it somewhere
So we 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 smiling in here
(Well, look behind you, everyone's running in here)

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

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
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you call your daddy, 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 you
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
Because you think that boy is cool