Live

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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
Even though 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


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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


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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.


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I am the one in ten .... etc

Appeal to the governor of louisiana
You may get an answer the process is slow
Federal government too much to help him
It`s been nearly five years
And they won`t let him go


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Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it`s not so
Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it`s not so


Testify under pressure, a racist jury
Government lawyers its all for show
With rows of white faces
False accusations
He`s framed up for murder
They won`t let him go


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Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it`s not so
Tyler ..... etc


Police gun was planted
No matching bullets
No prints on the handle, no proof to show
But tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
They show him no mercy
They won`t let him go

(chorus)

Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it`s not so
Tyler...... etc

Appeal to the governor of louisiana
You may get an answer the process is slow
Federal government too much to help him
It`s been nearly five years
And they won`t let him go

(chorus)

Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so
What right do we have to say it`s not so
Tyler .... etc

He wields his flute with an expert hand
And then, all too soon
The dancing stops and the children stand
The piper calls the tune.

He holds their future in his palm
An old and powerful man
With missiles poised and bombs at hand
They wait for his command.


With songs of fear and bigotry
A cruel, hypnotic sound
He plays his last tune greedily
And strikes the children down.

There are murders that we must account for
Bloody deeds have been done in my name
Criminal acts we must pay for
And our children will shoulder the blame

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I`m a british subject, not proud of it
While i carry the burden of shame (repeat)


As a nation we`re following blindly
No-one stops to question why
Our money`s supporting an army
And a boy in soweto dies


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I`m a british subject, not proud of it
While i carry the burden of shame (repeat)

Must we go on ignoring forever
The cries of an african son
There`s a soldier`s hand on the trigger
But it`s we who are pointing the gun


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I`m a british subject, not proud of it
While i carry the burden of shame (repeat)

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Love is all is alright
But you left it a little to late
Love is all is alright
But you`ve got to find a little more hate.


Take the man in the white cloak
A pointed mask to hide his face
Murders in the name of religion
If you`re not the right colour or race.
Take the man in the black cloak
He`s holding justice in his hands,
Lets the man in the white cloak go,
Calls it the law of the land.


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Love is all is alright.......etc


Take the man in the brown shirt
A burning hatred in his eyes
Fired by ignorant reaction,
Fanned by political lies
Take the man in the blue cap
His back`s against the wall
Links arms with the man in the brown shirt
He`s trying to break his own fall.


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Love is all is alright.....etc