| She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge
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| She studied sculpture at Saint Martin’s College
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| That’s where I
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| Caught her 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 rum and coca-cola»
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| She said «fine»
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| And then in thirty seconds time she said
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| «I wanna live like common people
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| I wanna do whatever common people do
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| Wanna sleep with common people
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| I wanna sleep with common people like you.»
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| Well, what else could I do?
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| I said «I'll… I’ll see what I can do»
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| I took her to a supermarket
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| I don’t know why but I had to start it somewhere
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| So it started there
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| I said «pretend you got no money»
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| And she just laughed and said «oh, you’re so funny»
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| I said «yeah…
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| Well, I can’t see anyone else smiling in here
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| Are you sure
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| You wanna live like common people
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| You wanna see whatever common people see
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| Wanna sleep with common people
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| You wanna sleep with common people like me?
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| But she didn’t understand
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| And she just smiled and held my hand
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| Oh, rent a flat above a shop
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| And cut your hair and get a job
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| And smoke some fags and play some pool
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| Pretend you never went to school
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| But still you’ll never get it right
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| 'Cause when you’re laid in bed at night
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| Watching roaches climb the wall
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| If you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah
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| You’ll never live like common people
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| You’ll never do what ever common people do
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| Never fail like common people
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| You’ll never watch your life slide out of view
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| And then dance, and drink, and screw
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| Because there’s nothing else to do
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| Oh!
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| Sing along with the common people
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| Sing along and it might just get you through
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| Laugh along with the common people
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| Laugh along, even though they’re, they’re laughing at you
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| And the stupid things that you do
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| Because you think that poor is cool
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| Like a dog lying in a corner
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| They will bite you and never warn you
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| Look out, they’ll tear your insides out
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| 'Cause everybody hates a tourist
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| Especially one who, who thinks it’s all such a laugh
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| Yeah, and the chip stain’s and grease will come out in the bath
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| You will never understand
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| How it feels to live your life
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| With no meaning or control
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| And with nowhere left to go
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| You are amazed that they exist
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| And they burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why
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| Rent a flat above a shop
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| Cut your hair and get a job
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| And smoke some fags and play some pool
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| Pretend you never went to school
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| But still you’ll never get it right
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| 'Cause when you’re laid in bed at night
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| Watching roaches climb the wall
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| If you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah
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| Never live like common people
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| Never do what common people do
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| Never fail like common people
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| Never watch your life slide out of view
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| And then dance, and drink, and screw
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| Because there’s nothing else to do
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| Wanna live with common people like you
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| A la la la la la
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| Ooooh, la la la la
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| Ooooh, la la la la
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| Ooooh, la la-la-la-la la, oh yeah |