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

Wanna sleep

with common people

I wanna sleep with

common people like you

Well, what else could I do

I said I'll

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 got no money

but she just laughed and said

huh, oh you're so funny

I said yeah, huh

I can't see anyone

else smiling here

are you sure

You wanna live

like common people

you wanna see whatever

common people see

Wanna sleep

with common people

you wanna 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

'cause when you're

laid in bed at night

Watchin' 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

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

nothin' else to do...

Ow!

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 laughin' at you

And the stupid

things that you do

because you think

that poor is cool...

I wanna live with

common people like you

I wanna live with

common people like you

I wanna live with

common people like you

I wanna live with

common people like you

wanna live with

common people like you

Wanna live with

common people like you...

la-la-la-la

oh... la-la-la-la

oh... la-la-la-la-la-la

Oh yeah!