One In Ten Lyrics - Live At Montreux 2002 - 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, 

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 

[Chorus] 

I am the one in ten, 

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. 

[Chorus] 

I am the one in ten