UB40 - One In Ten

[MrScorpio]

Run time: 03:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9g0L3L5oeA   Posted on YouTube: March 06, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 15, 2008 By DU Member: MrScorpio Views on DU: 346

 
One In Ten
UB40


(chorus)
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don`t exist
Nobody knows me
Even though i`m always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn`t care

My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I`m the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I`m the child that never learns to read
`cause no-one spared the time

(chorus)

I am the one in ten .... etc

I`m the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I`m a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I`m a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I`m another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees

(chorus)

I am the one in ten .... etc

I`m a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I`m a house wife hooked on valium
I`m a pensioner alone
I`m a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I`m another hungry baby
I`m an accident of birth.

(chorus)

[TomClash]

1. A great band nt