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She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge |
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She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College |
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That's where 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 I'll have a rum and 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 I do? I said, I'll see what I can do |
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I took her to a supermarket |
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I don't know why, but 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? 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 will 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 |
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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 |
