UB40: One in Ten Meaning
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Song Released: 1981
One in Ten Lyrics
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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...
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anonymous Oct 12th, 2014 10:43am report
It is about unemployment. When the song was recorded one in ten people were out of work.
Also a UB40 was a card given out to people who were registered as unemployed.
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