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One In Ten

Released by Ub40 in 1981
From the Album: Present Arms |

This version of One In Ten was released by Ub40 in 1981.

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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

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

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.


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Ub40 has released many songs over the years besides One In Ten. Ub40 released songs from 1980 to 2005 spanning across albums like Signing Off, Present Arms, UB44, Labour Of Love, Geffery Morgan..., Baggariddim, Rat In The Kitchen, UB40, Labour Of Love II, Promises And Lies, Guns In The Ghetto, Labour Of Love III, The Very Best Of UB40 1980-2000, Cover Up, Homegrown, and Who You Fighting For?. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Ub40.

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