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(featuring Joe Jackson) |
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She came from |
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Greece. She had a thirst for knowledge. |
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She studied sculpture at |
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Saint Martin's |
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College. That's where |
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I--caught her eye. |
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She told me that her dad was loaded. |
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I said, in that case |
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I'll have a rum and |
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Coca-Cola. |
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She said fine, and 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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I 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 |
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I do? I said, |
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I'll see what |
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I can do! |
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I took her to a supermarket. |
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I don't know why, but |
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I had to start it somewhere. |
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So it started there! |
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I said, pretend you've got no money. |
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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 you want to live like common people? |
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You want to see whatever common people see? |
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You want to sleep with common people? |
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You want to sleep with common people like me? |
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But she didn't understand... ...she just smiled and held my hands! |
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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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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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When you're lyin' in bed at night, |
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Watching roaches climb the wall. |
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If you call your dad he could stop it all. |
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You'll never live like common people! |
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You'll never do whatever common people do! |
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You'll never fail like common people! |
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You'll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance, and drink, and screw! |
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Because there's nothing else to do! |
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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 laughing at you, and the stupid things that you do ' |
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Cause you think "poor" is cool. |
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Like a dog lying in a corner, |
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It'll bite you and never warn you. |
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Look out, they'll tear your insides out. |
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Because everyone hates a tourist, ' |
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Specially one who thinks it's all such a laugh. |
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Yeah and the chip stains' grease will come out in the bath. |
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You wil 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're amazed that they exist. |
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And they burn so bright, why? |
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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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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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When you've laid in bed at night, |
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Watching roaches climb the wall. |
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If you call your dad he could stop it all. |
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You'll never live like common people! |
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You'll never do what common people do! |
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You'll never fail like common people! |
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You'll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance, and drink, and screw! |
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Because there's nothing else to do! |
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You wanna sleep with the common people |
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You wanna sleep with the common people |
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You wanna sleep with the common people |
