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Common People Lyrics

Artist: Pulp
Album: Different Class

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 want to live like common people,
I want to do whatever common people do,
I want to sleep with common people,
I want to 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 hand.
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,
cos when you're laid 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 what 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.

Sing along with the common people,
sing along and it might just get you through,
laugh along with the common people,
laugh along even though they're laughing at you,
and the stupid things that you do.
Because you think that poor is cool.

I want to live with common people,
I want to live with common people etc...

Comments/Interpretations
by joe kincaid on 5/26/2008 4:40pm greatest song ever lol
by Aimar1908-2008 on 5/27/2008 4:18pm awaysome
by 321 on 5/28/2008 11:57am this is not a full text!
by CLAUDIA on 5/28/2008 1:06pm I JUST FUCKING ADORE PULP. HEART ME LONG TIME.
by juanKa on 6/2/2008 11:20pm POESIA PURA
by JON on 6/3/2008 8:47am the best song of Pulp
by greg on 6/3/2008 11:40am It's missing the verse that begins "Like a dog lying in the corner..."
by Carlo on 6/5/2008 3:20pm It is a great song. especially the version with William Shatner speaking the lines - it is great - I can just imagine his character from Boston Legal (Denny Crane) doing it.
by Logan on 6/10/2008 9:33pm Shatner's version was better.
by sofi on 6/14/2008 4:14pm LOS AMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
by qwerty on 6/26/2008 8:49am "She told me that her Dad was loaded" ? can anyone explain who is "Dad" here?
by nutter on 6/28/2008 3:17pm "dad" is her father "loaded" means he has loads of money
by eric on 7/5/2008 12:04am this would make a really good punk song. picture it with a quicker tempo and more angry and imagine the pistols playing it. still great as it is though.
by qwerty to nutter on 7/31/2008 9:17am thanks amigo
by oranjadee on 8/5/2008 6:24am William Shatners version is 10 times better haha! Theres a verse missing :(
by BG on 8/15/2008 4:00pm "Shatner's version was better." It, amazingly, was... Live long and prosper!
by Z on 8/19/2008 8:21am Woot Shatner
by JIMMYbutFEMALE on 8/20/2008 12:17pm my favorite song of all time. seriously amazing. ...verse missing though?
by May on 10/20/2008 9:54am Amazing song. Catchy tune and amazing lyrics. Best lyrics ever. It's 100% true. None of it is exaggerated at all, and it's a very impacting song.
by GlitterGlam on 10/20/2008 8:05pm Very underated song! There is an MIA lyric though. :(
by Wanda Banks on 10/27/2008 1:22pm Oh, Ye. Glad you Like THe Song. My Aunty Is THe KeyBoard Player. So I Know The Band. I Agree, Awesome Song x
by Jusenka on 10/31/2008 1:18pm LOVE IT!
by piet paulusma on 11/3/2008 12:04pm I am missing a lot of couplets at the end...
by Anonymous on 11/10/2008 7:52pm "She just smiled and held my hand" thats like a whole different world right there. best part of the song.
by Bee. on 11/25/2008 3:45pm Mmhmm, Pulpp, me love long time. (y) x
by katie on 11/28/2008 4:03am yeah i agree. that verse isssssss bootiful
by a chap on 12/4/2008 12:48pm amazing, so true, love it!
by jasmine on 12/5/2008 11:06am beleive it or not i for a fact know the girl (woman now) that this song was written for. and i have absolutely no reason to make it up. shes living in greece now with her family. its amazing the things he wrote about her.
by yeah on 12/30/2008 12:00pm I met jarvis in chile, a really few people knows them there. He's really nice... and smokes marlboro.
by helly :-* on 1/2/2009 8:43am this song is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by me on 1/5/2009 11:23am what was the missing verse?
by Lorenzo on 1/13/2009 6:52am Great Song! and so true! Pulp number one!
by Common Person on 1/20/2009 12:23am Best Song Ever!!! Here are the missing verses: Like a dog lying in a corner, they'll bite you and never warn you. Look out. They'll tear your insides out. 'Cause Everybody hates a tourist, especially one who thinks it's all such a laugh. Yeah, and the chip stains' grease will come out in the bath. You will never understand how it feels to live your life with no meaning or control and with nowhere left to go. You're amazed that they exist and they burn so bright, while you can only wonder why.
by that girl over there on 1/24/2009 12:05pm i have been told to use these lyrics 4 gcse composition and i am not because it is too ... bad
by rodrigo on 1/31/2009 5:11pm whhoooooooww!
by rodrigo on 1/31/2009 5:11pm increible tema!!!
by greendevil on 2/23/2009 11:52am best-song-ever!
by Am on 2/23/2009 4:23pm This song says so much, all the mockneys in shorditch need to hear this song... becasue they "think that poor is cool"
by Rhodowolfr on 3/6/2009 2:24am Yes I love the lyrics and the rythm of this Pulp song. It points on the vain looking for the "Common people" all tourists seek - everywhere.
by xmm on 3/7/2009 9:18am heard it first in 1995, and 14 years on, it still rocks!
by sharona on 3/20/2009 12:33pm woooowwww ...this song always makes me feel better, dunno actually why, but i love it :)
by Sadhbh on 4/9/2009 5:38am I love this song makes me fell so happy and cosy inside when i havnt listened to it in a while!
by SO FUCKING TRUE. on 4/11/2009 12:39pm Rich girls love to fuck me cause i'm poor. They think it's cool... let them think that as long as i enjoy...
by Capt. Scrummy on 4/17/2009 8:49am I wanna live like Hindi people. "Comb your hair and be polite Do your homework every night Don't smoke fags and don't play pool Do extremely well at school Take a medical degree Graduate at 33 Move back in with mom and dad Even though they drive you raving mad You sure... You wanna live like Hindi People"
by nadia on 4/18/2009 10:06am I really love this song. x
by Seany boy on 4/21/2009 8:00am its possibly the greatest britpop song of all time pulp were always awesme but this song just sums it all upi mean whenever i hear it it makes get up and sing :) x
by dara on 4/28/2009 4:10am this song reminds me of when i got locked and fell asleap in the dugout!!!
by arkhady on 5/6/2009 4:17pm Waoaw what a lots of memories !!!
by Rob on 6/3/2009 12:19pm This song is so incredibly fucking awesome i love it
by Pulp fan on 6/21/2009 4:04am The song is well cool i love the second missing verse and the bits in capital letters are my faves CAUSE EVERYBODY HATES A TOURIST EPCIALLY ONE THAT THINKS ITS ALL A LAUGH (etc in lower case)
by kuki on 6/28/2009 3:05pm One of my top 10 songs ever. I love it. Make me smile, make me cry, make me happy...
by ian on 6/30/2009 3:06pm this song is sooo awesome - love it... defintely one of my favs... can u guys suggest other songs that r (almost as good)... damm i love this song..killing it tho
by raikom on 7/24/2009 5:37am best song ever!!!!!!
by Holland on 8/11/2009 4:44pm Love it, Love it, Love it!!!!!
by claudit4 on 8/23/2009 9:03pm It was my favorite song for a lot of years. It's so fun if i think that i didn't understand the meaning. Music is the universal language
by May Powell on 8/25/2009 7:03pm The truest and saddest song I've ever heard.
by Jasmina on 9/16/2009 5:25am one of my favs...love it
by one of the common people on 9/21/2009 5:48pm May Powell, How can you find the most exciting, dynamic, brilliantly clever, heart-felt, and incredibly powerful song in the world sad?
by Dez on 9/30/2009 5:47pm It's very clever. I believe the sad reference is to the subject of the song - the middle class, spoon fed, idiot trying to be cool by acting a bit rough around the edges. I'm proper middle class and proud of it! :)
by Ivana Vojak on 10/29/2009 2:23am This is sad but true :-) great lyrics !!!!!!!!!! i just love this song!!!
by dad ad a ad da da adad on 11/16/2009 8:46am haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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