She came from Greece, she’s got 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 rum and Coca-Cola"
She said "fine"
And then 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 was I to do?
I said "I'll see what I can do"

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why I had to start it
Start it somewhere
So I started it there
I said "pretend that you got no money"
And she just laughed and said "oh, you're so funny"
I said "yeah...
Well, I don’t see anyone smiling here

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
Watching roaches climb the wall
If your daddy called he’d 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 you can dance, and drink, and screw
Cause’ there's nothing else to do

Sing along with the common people
Sing along with the common people 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

And you can dance, and drink, and screw
Cause’ there's nothing else to do