She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge She studied sculpture at St. Martin's College That's where I caught her eye She told me that her tap was loaded I said, my ace, my rumor, Coca-Cola She said, fine, fine And then in 30 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 What else could I do? 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 got no money She just laughed and said, you're so funny I said, yeah, I can't see anyone else smiling Are you sure? 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 And she just smiled and held my hand I went to the flagship of 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 It's when you're late and bed at night Watching roaches climb the wall If you called your dad he could stop it, oh yeah You'll never live like common people You'll never do whatever common people do Never play like common people You'll never watch your lives Try not to feel And then dance and drink and screw Because there's nothing else to do Come on! Come on! Come on! Sing along with the common people Sing along and it might just get you through Laugh along with the common people Walk along in the village Walk in a tube And the stupid things that you do Because you think that it's always good I'm living for the common people like you I'm living for the common people like you I'm living for the common people like you I'm living for the common people like you I'm living for the common people like you I'm living for the common people like you Oh yeah