Текст UB40 – One In Ten

Chorus:
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten

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

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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

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I’m a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I’m a house wife hooked on Valium

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