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 saidin that case I ll have a rum and Coca-Cola.
She said fineand 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.
Wellwhat else could I do? I saidI ll see what I can do!
I took her to a supermarket.
I don t know whybut I had to start it somewhere.
So it started there!
I saidpretend you ve got no money.
She just laughed and saidohyou re so funny!
I saidyeah? 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 danceand drinkand screw!
Because there s nothing else to do!

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