UB 40

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
EBut I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care

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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
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
EBut I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care

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I'm the murderer and the victim
The license 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 teenage suicide
In a street that has no trees
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

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 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 specter
Covering the earth
I'm another hungry baby
I'm an accident of birth.
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
EBut I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
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