I think that needs recording below so it doesnt get lost.
Such is its magnificence
Common wigan (to the tune of Pulp's common people)
She came from billinge had a thirst for knowledge
She studyed sculpture at Winstanly college
thats where I...
caught her eye.
She told me that her dad's from Garswood
I said in that case I'll have a bootle of bud
She said fine
and then in thirty seconds time she said
I wanna live like Wigan people
I wanna do whatever Wigan people do.
Wanna eat pies with wigan people
I wanna eat pies with wigan people like you.
So what else could I do,
I said "huh, i'll see what i can do"
I took her to wigan market,
i dunno why but I had to start it somewhere.
so it started, there.
I said pretend youve got no pies
she just laughed and said, well that is no lie
i said yeah.
but you dont see anyone without a pie here.
you wanna live like wigan people,
you wanna see whatever wigan people see
wanna eat meat n' tater with wigan people
wanna mean n' tater with common people like me
but she did realise
she just smiled and ate her pies
Rent a flat above a pie shop,
Filling pies is your only job
smoke some fags and play some pool
pretend you couldnt find your way to school
but still youll never get it right,
cos when you been laid out in fight,
waching wigan get so beat,
you can call your dad and he make things "allreet"
You'll never live like wigan people
You'll never do what wigan people do
You'll never fail like wigan people
You'll never watch your pies slide out of view
And they dance and drink and eat stew
Because there's nothing else to do
dont sing along like the wigan people
dont Sing at matches and it might just get you thru'
Laugh along with the wigan people
Laugh along even though they're laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
Because you think that pies are cool
Wanna live like wigan people like you (x5)
