One In Ten

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, I'm the license with a gun

I'm a sad, and bruised old lady, in an alley in a slum

I'm a middle-aged business man 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, a refugee without a home

I'm a housewife hooked on Valium, I'm a pensioner, alone

I'm a cancer-ridden specter that's covering the earth

I'm another hungry baby, I'm an accidental 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