Common People

December 16th, 2010 by iain | Posted in *, Songs |

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She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge,
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she studied sculpture at Saint Martin’s College, that’s where
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I, caught her
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eye.
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She told me that her Dad was loaded,
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I said “In that case I’ll have a rum and coca-cola.” She said
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“Fine.” and then in
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thirty seconds time she said,

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“I want to live like common people,
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I want to do whatever common people
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do, I want to sleep with common people,
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I want to sleep with common people, like
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you.”Well what else could I do –
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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 some
where, 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. still you’ll
never get it right, cos when you’re
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.

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 poor is cool.

I want to live with common people,
I want to live with common people etc…