[ti:Common People] [ar:William Shatner] [al:Has Been] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Common People - William Shatner [00:01.83]Written by:Candida Doy [00:03.67]She came from Greece [00:04.85]She had a thirst for knowledge [00:06.56]She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's college [00:09.76]That's where I caught her eye [00:15.16]She told me that her dad was loaded [00:17.57]I said in that case [00:19.12]I'll have a rum and coca cola [00:20.94]She said fine and in thirty [00:24.59]Seconds time she said [00:26.87]I wanna live like common people [00:29.79]I wanna do whatever common people do [00:32.64]I wanna sleep with common people [00:34.95]I wanna sleep with common people like you [00:39.57]Well what else could I do I said [00:41.65]I'll see what I can do [00:48.77]I took her to a supermarket [00:51.12]I don't know why [00:51.81]But I had to start it somewhere [00:54.62]So it started there [00:59.92]I said pretend you've got no money [01:02.39]She just laughed and said oh you're so funny [01:06.02]I said yeah well I can't see [01:08.59]Anyone else smiling in here [01:10.11]Are you sure you want to live like common people [01:13.95]You want to see whatever common people see [01:16.66]You want to sleep with common people [01:18.40]You want to sleep with common people like me [01:22.69]But she didn't understand [01:25.27]She just smiled and held my hands [01:29.30]Rent a flat above a shop [01:31.97]Cut your hair and get a job [01:34.73]Smoke some fags and play some pool [01:37.49]Pretend you never went to school [01:40.07]But still you'll never get it right [01:42.82]When you're lyin' in bed at night [01:45.52]Watching roaches climb the wall [01:48.40]If you call your dad he could stop it all [01:52.13]You'll never live like common people [01:54.73]You'll never do whatever common people do [01:57.81]You'll never fail like common people [02:00.27]You'll never watch your life slide out of view [02:03.68]And dance and drink and screw [02:06.24]Because there's nothing else to do [02:32.58]Sing along with the common people [02:35.31]Sing along and it might just get you through [02:38.12]Laugh along with the common people [02:41.00]Laugh along even though they're laughing at you [02:44.40]And the stupid things that you do [02:46.30]'Cause you think that poor is cool [02:52.01]Like a dog lying in a corner [02:54.40]It'll bite you and never warn you [02:56.99]Look out they'll tear your insides out [03:01.54]Because everybody hates a tourist [03:03.19]Because everybody hates a tourist [03:05.35]'Specially one who thinks it's all such a laugh [03:08.66]Yeah and the chip stains' [03:10.00]Grease will come out in the bath [03:12.51]You wil never understand [03:15.38]How it feels to live your life [03:17.95]With no meaning or control [03:20.64]And with nowhere left to go [03:23.44]You're amazed that they exist [03:25.90]And they burn so bright why [03:27.73]You can only wonder why [03:34.43]Rent a flat above a shop [03:37.20]Cut your hair and get a job [03:39.84]Smoke some fags and play some pool [03:42.53]Pretend you never went to school [03:45.55]But still you'll never get it right [03:47.87]When you've laid in bed at night [03:50.64]Watching roaches climb the wall [03:54.19]If you call your dad he could stop it all [03:58.02]You'll never live like common people [03:59.88]You'll never do what common people do [04:02.47]You'll never fail like common people [04:04.98]You'll never watch your life slide out of view [04:07.90]And dance and drink and screw [04:11.00]Because there's nothing else to do [04:15.80]You wanna sleep with the common people [04:17.96]You wanna sleep with the common people [04:20.57]You wanna sleep with the common people