One In Ten

A number on a list
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

A number on a list

Even though I don�t
exist
Nobody knows me but
I�m always there
A statistical reminder of
a world that doesn�t care
Instrumental

I�m the murderer
the victim, I�m 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 teenage
suicide in a street that
has no trees

A number on a list

Even though I don�t
exist
Nobody knows me but
I�m always there
A statistical reminder of
a world that doesn�t care
Instrumental
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 discovering
the earth

I�m another hungry
baby, I�m an accident
of birth

A number on a list

Even though I don�t
exist
Nobody knows me but
I�m always there
A statistical reminder of
a world that doesn�t care
Instrumental

A number on a list

Even though I don�t
exist
Nobody knows me but
I�m always there
A statistical reminder of
a world that doesn�t care