Common People

She came from rich
She had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at St. 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 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 else smiling in here

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 you?"
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 lie in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you call 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 feel like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of you
And dance and drink and screw
'Cause 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
They'll bite you and never warn you
Look out, they'll tear your insides out
'Cause everybody hates a tourist
'Cause everybody hates a tourist
Especially one who thinks he's on such a laugh
Yeah, and the cheap stained 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
Well 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 lie in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you call your dad he could stop it all, yeah

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what common people do
You'll never feel like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of you
And dance and drink and screw
'Cause there's nothing else to do

I wanna sleep with common people like you
I wanna sleep with common people like you
I wanna sleep with common people like you