Common People

Song Common People
Artist Pulp
Album The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium

Lyrics

[00:08.350] She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge
[00:11.640] She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
[00:14.890] That's where I caught her eye
[00:22.430] She told me that her Dad was loaded
[00:25.580] I said "In that case I'll have rum and coca-cola
[00:28.410] She said "fine"
[00:31.770] And then in 30 seconds time she said
[00:35.870] "I want to live like common people
[00:39.620] I want to do whatever common people do
[00:43.280] I want to sleep with common people
[00:46.570] I want to sleep with common people like you"
[00:51.920] Well what else could I do?
[00:54.990] I said "I'll see what I can do"
[01:01.220] I took her to a supermarket
[01:03.930] I don't know why
[01:05.260] but I had to start it somewhere
[01:08.910] so it started there
[01:14.390] I said "pretend you've got no money"
[01:17.710] but she just laughed
[01:18.960] and said "oh you're so funny"
[01:20.290] I said "Yeah
[01:22.890] Well I don't see anyone else smiling in here
[01:26.130] Are you sure
[01:27.630] you want to live like common people
[01:30.840] you want to see whatever common people see
[01:34.460] you want to sleep with common people
[01:37.620] you want to sleep with common people like me?"
[01:42.060] But she didn't understand
[01:45.020] she just smiled and held my hand
[01:49.880] Rent a flat above a shop
[01:53.280] Cut your hair and get a job
[01:56.310] Smoke some fags and play some pool
[01:59.550] Pretend you never went to school
[02:03.000] But still you'll never get it right
[02:06.060] 'cos when you're laid in bed at night
[02:09.410] watching roaches climb the wall
[02:12.630] if you called your dad he could stop it all
[02:16.040] yeah
[02:17.030] You'll never live like common people
[02:20.210] You'll never do whatever common people do
[02:23.770] You'll never fail like common people
[02:26.820] You'll never watch your life slide out of view
[02:30.680] and then dance and drink and screw
[02:33.940] 'cos there's nothing else to do
[03:05.090] Sing along with the common people
[03:08.540] Sing along and it might just get you throug
[03:11.530] Laugh along with the common people
[03:15.210] Laugh along although they're laughing at you
[03:18.640] and the stupid things that you do
[03:21.670] because you think that poor is cool
[03:28.060] Like a dog lying in a corner
[03:30.960] they will bite and never warn you
[03:33.160] Look out
[03:36.230] they'll tear your insides out
[03:40.370] 'cos everybody hates a tourist
[03:44.290] especially one who thinks
[03:45.970] it's all such a laugh
[03:49.500] yeah and the chip stain's grease
[03:51.170] will come out in the bath
[03:52.580] You will never understand
[03:55.370] how it feels to live your life
[03:57.950] with no meaning or control
[04:01.160] and with nowhere else to go
[04:04.060] You are amazed that they exist
[04:07.520] and they burn so bright
[04:09.670] while you can only wonder why
[04:13.890] Rent a flat above a shop
[04:16.430] Cut your hair and get a job
[04:19.840] Smoke some fags and play some pool
[04:23.410] Pretend you never went to school
[04:25.490] But still you'll never get it right
[04:28.410] 'cos when you're laid in bed at night
[04:31.530] watching roaches climb the wall
[04:35.420] if you called your dad he could stop it all
[04:38.790] You'll never live like common people
[04:42.090] You'll never do whatever common people do
[04:45.220] You'll never fail like common people
[04:48.630] You'll never watch your life slide out of view
[04:52.340] and dance and drink and screw
[04:55.890] 'cos there's nothing else to do
[05:08.080] I want to live with common people like you.....