People Like Us - Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott

People like us, we go to the gym

We’re married to a Dan or a Tim

If the waistlines are wide, then the chances are slim

We’ll allow them our house to come in

If to uni they went, more time will be spent

And divided by ten if they’ve not

It’s not your opinions or colour that counts

It’s the brand of wellie you got

Life’s a beach, but they’re all on it

White flag got there first

Catch a falling star, and wish upon it

You’re never gonna equal their purse

People like us, we subtly move

The goalposts you score through at school

Just when your child is on the attack

We’ll move the post twenty feet back

That’s why Rooney and Ronaldo we hate

'Cause they scaled university gate

A good house and a good double-barrelled surname

Should not be won playing a game

Life’s a beach, but they’re all on it

White flag got there first

Catch a falling star, and wish upon it

You’re never gonna equal their purse

It’s second house in the south of France

A third and a fourth in the bank

People like them got lucky again

And it’s people like us they won’t thank

Coffee in hand prevents the 'Seig Heil'

They’ve got in their system for folk without style

Folks without style are scum and they’re chavs

And the only 'Seig Heil' is to have-nots from haves

Have-nots from haves…

People like us, we know what we are

The clobber, the house, and the car

People like you, we know what you’re not

You’re none of the things that we’ve got

With your head in the clouds, and your nose in the air

We can see your right up where it bleeds

You think you’re the queen of the Didsbury scene

But to me, you’re more Topshop in Leeds

Life’s a beach, but they’re all on it

White flag got there first

Catch a falling star, and wish upon it

You’re never gonna equal their purse

It’s second house in the south of France

A third or fourth in the bank

People like them got lucky again

And it’s people like us they won’t thank