UB40 - One In Ten lyrics

I´m a one in ten a number on a list,
I´m a one in ten even though i do not exist.
Nobody knows me, but im 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 & lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I am the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime
I am the child that never learns to read
Because no one spared the time.

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I`m the murderer & the victim
The licence with the gun
I`m a sad & 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

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I`m a starving 3rd 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.

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