Mi amigo Willy Shatner publico un album hace un par de años (2004 - Has Been) donde entre sus canciones hacia, junto a Joe Jackson, un cover de la canción de Pulp, "Common People", que aquí les dejo la letra comentada por yours truly

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.

(Probablemente estaba escribiendo a una ex novia, además desde cuando la gente por no tener plata no se rie.)

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,

("play some pool" es una frase maravillosa y no se por qué, pero da la idea de entretenimiento sin pensamiento... pasatiempo en el peor sentido de la palabra.)

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,

(cucaracha attack, lo peor es que yo he vivido eso y hasta me he despertado con la cucaracha caminandome sobre la espalda)

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,

("y coger" yeah... si solo hicieramos eso todo el dia y no tener que preocuparnos por detalles nimios como comer y esas cosas...)

because there's nothing else to do.

(nada que hacer salvo esperar la muerte... eso es optimismo)

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.

(ser pobre es cool... lo cual es una consolación barbara para todos los que no vamos a salir de pobres)

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