Common People by Pulp

She came from Greece.
She had a (1)____________ for knowledge
She studied sculpture at St 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 rum and coca-cola."
she said "Fine,"
and then in thirty (2)______________ time she said,
"I want to live like common people.
I want to do whatever common (3)____________ do.
I want to sleep with common people.
I want to sleep with common people like you."
Well what (4)________ could I do?
I said, "I'll see what I can do."

I took her to a supermarket.
I don't (5)________ why, but I had to (6)__________ it somewhere
so it (7)______________ there.
I said "Pretend you've got no money."
But 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 (8)________ my hand.

"Rent a (9)________ 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
'cause when you're laid in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall
if you called (10)________ Dad he (11)__________ stop it all."
"Yeah."
"You'll (12)__________ live like (13)____________ people.
You'll never do whatever common people do!
You'll (14)__________ fail like common people!
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
and then dance, and drink, and screw
because there's nothing (15)________ to do!"

Sing along (16)________ the common people.
Sing along and it might just get you through.
Laugh along (17)________ the common people.
Laugh (18)__________ even though they're laughing at you
and the stupid things that you do
because you think that poor is cool.

Like a dog lying in a corner
they will bite you and (19)__________ warn you.
Look out.
They'll tear your (20)______________ out
'cause everybody hates a tourist
especially one who thinks it's
all such a laugh.
Yeah and the chip stain's grease will come out in the bath.
You will never understand
how it feels to live (21)________ life
with no meaning or control
and with nowhere else to go.
You are amazed that they exist
and they burn so (22)____________ whilst you can only wonder why?

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
'cause when you're laid in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall
if you called your Dad he could stop it all.
You'll never (23)________ like common people.
You'll (24)__________ do what (25)____________ people do.
You'll never fail like common people.
You'll never watch your (26)________ (27)__________ out of view
and dance, and drink, and screw
because there's nothing else to do.

I want to live with common people like you.
I (28)________ to live with common people like you.
I want to live with common people like you.
I want to live with common people like you.
I want to live with common people like you.
I want to live with common people like you.
I want to live with common people like you.
I want to live (29)________ common people like you.
Aa-aa-ah la la la la...
Oh yeah.

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