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,
but I’m always there
A statistical 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
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,
but I’m always there
A statistical reminder
of a world that doesn’t care
I’m the murderer the victim
Im unlicenced with a 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,
but I’m always there
A statistical reminder
of a world that doesn’t care
I’m a starving third world mother
Refugee without a home
I’m a house wife hooked on Valium
I’m a Pensioner alone
I’m a cancer ridden spectre
Thats covering the air
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,
but I’m always there
A statistical reminder
of a world that doesn’t care
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,
but I’m always there
A statistical reminder
of a world that doesn’t care