Common People

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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She came from Greece she

had a thirst for knowledge

She studies sculpture at St. Martins College
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That’s where

I caught her eye
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She told me that

her dad was loaded

I said:In that case I’ll have a rum and coca-cola
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She said fine, and in a

thirty seconds time she said


[Chorus]
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I want to live like common people
                      
  I want to do whatever
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common people do

I want to sleep with common people
                     
  I want to sleep with
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common people like you

Well what else could I do?,
                   
  I said "I’ll
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see what I can do


[Verse]
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I took her to a supermarket
                           
  I don’t know why but
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I had to start it somewhere

so it started there
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I said "Pretend you’ve

got no money"

She just laughed and said "Oh, you’re so funny"
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I said Yeah, well I can’t

see someone else smiling in here


[Chorus]
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Are you sure you want

to live like common people
                         
  You want to see whatever
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common people see

You want to sleep with common people
                       
  You want to sleep with
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common people like me
                                 
  But she didn’t understand,
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she just smiled and held my hand


[Bridge]
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Rent a flat above your shop,

cut you hair and get a job
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Smoke some fags

and play some pool,

prentend you never went to school
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But still you’ll

never get it right,

’cos when you’re laid in bed at night
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watching roaches climb the wall,

if you called your dad he could stop it all


[Chorus]
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You’ll never

live like common people
                      
  You’ll never do
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whatever common people do

You’ll never fail like common people
                         
  You’ll never watch
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your life slide out of view

And dance and drink and screw
                      
  because there’s
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nothing else to do


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

Laugh along with the common people
                        
  Laugh along even though
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they are laughing at you

And the stupid things that you do
                  
  Because you think
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that poor is cool


[Outro]
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I want to live with

common people like you
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I want to live with

common people like you
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I want to live with

common people like you
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I want to live with

common people like you
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I want to live with

common people like you
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I want to live with

common people like you
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La la la la, oh
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La la la la, oh
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La la la la, oh you