Matilda had a taste for money
She only wanted things that I could buy
If I never find a girl who really loves me
I'll live alone until I die
You know it's never good to live a lie

Well, I'm getting sick and tired of
Trying to pretend that I'm a self-made man
With every day that passes we're all dying
What's it all mean in the end, friend?
What's it gonna mean to us then?

I'm just a common man, drive a common car
My dog ain't got a pedigree
If I have my say, gonna stay that way
Cause high-brow people lose their sanity
Common people, you and me

When I was growing up I saw a little black girl
Sitting at the back of the bus
I remember that I said, hey driver
Why can't she sit up here with us, tell me
Why can't she sit up here with us?

That was 20 years ago and things are changing
Bigotry is coming to an end
But there's still people needing rearranging
So don't you judge me by my skin, friend
My religion or the clothes that I'm in

I'm just a common man, drive a common car
My dog ain't got a pedigree
If I have my say, gonna stay that way
Cause high-brow people lose their sanity
Common people, you and me
Common people, you and me
Common people, you and me
Common people, you and me