(featuring Joe Jackson)

She came from Greece She had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I--caught her eye
She told me that her dad was loaded
I said, in that case I'll have a rum and Coca-Cola
She said fine, and in thirty 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
Well, what else could I do? I said, 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've got no money
She just laughed and said, oh, you're so funny!
I said, yeah? Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here!
Are you sure you want to live like common people?
You want to see whatever common people see?
You want to sleep with common people?
You want to sleep with common people like me?
But she didn't understand

she just smiled and held my hands!
Rent a flat above a shop!
Cut your hair and get a job!
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
But still you'll never get it right
When you're lyin' in bed at night,
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you call your dad he could stop it all

You'll never live like common people!
You'll never do whatever common people do!
You'll never fail like common people!
You'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance, and drink, and screw!
Because there's nothing else to do!