One In Ten
808 State & UB40
1993
jaar
Top 40
25
piekpositie
Top 40
4
weken
Top 40
43
punten
Top 40
Trivia
Titel A-kant
One In Ten (808 7")
Lengte A-kant
2:40
Componist(en) A-kant
808 State & UB40
Producer(s) A-kant
808 State
Engineer(s) A-kant
Al Fisch
Titel B-kant
One In Ten (808 Original Mix)
Lengte B-kant
04'16
Componist(en) B-kant
808 State & UB40
Producer(s) B-kant
808 State
Platenlabel
ZTT
Hoogste positie UK
17
Hoogste positie US
-
Album
Gorgeous
Songtekst
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 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
Chorus
I am the one in ten .... etc
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
Chorus
I am the one in ten .... etc
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.
Chorus
I am the one in ten .... etc
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