Lyric Common People

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 want to live like common people.
I want to do whatever common people do.
I want to sleep with common people.
I want to 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 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,

[Jackson]
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 re lying in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you called your Dad he could stop it all.
Yeah.

[Shatner]
You ll never live like common people
You ll never do whatever 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

[Jackson and Shatner]
because there s nothing else to do.

[Shatner and Chorus]
Sing along with the common people.
Sing along, and it might just get you thru.

[Chorus]
Laugh along with the common people.

[Shatner and Chorus]
Laugh along, even though they re laughing at you

[Shatner]
and the stupid things that you do
cause you think that poor is cool.

[Jackson]
Like a dog lying in a corner,
they ll bite you and never warn you.
Look out.

[Shatner]
They ll tear your insides out
cause everybody hates a tourist.

[Jackson]
Cause Everybody hates a tourist,
especially one who thinks
it s all such a laugh.

[Shatner]
Yeah, and the chip stains grease
will come out in the bath.

[Shatner and Jackson]
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,
while 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.
Cause When you re lying in bed at night

[Shatner]
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you called your Dad he could stop it all.
Yeah.

You ll never live like common people

[Shatner and Jackson]
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.

[Chorus]
I want to sing with common people, like you.
I want to sing with common people, like you.
I want to sing with common people, like you.