I am the one in ten
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
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
 [bad word] 

I am the one in ten .... etc

I`m the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I`m a sad and [bad word] 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
 [bad word] 

I am the one in ten .... etc

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
Covering the earth
I`m another hungry baby
I`m an accident of birth.
 [bad word] 

I am the one in ten .... etc