also shows the rough average age of most people on here lol
also shows the rough average age of most people on here lol
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Martin, another song from the Thatcher era. What does '1 in 10' mean?
Ahhhaa, Local lads
UB40 was the Unemployment form (welfare form)
1 in 10, number of people unemployed at 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
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
(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
Ok I knew what UB40 meant but I thought that the unemployment rate was much higher in the 80s....
That was a national stat, so you will find that the industrial city's in the north - alot worse off, compared to the south of England, where they were still spending alot of money on hairspray.
She also fucked with the figures somewhat, 4 million unemployed ? I remember there being more unemployed in Britain than the population of Ireland at the time.
Yes, they were. They both came to Japan and sang in
music shows on TV. I mean singing along w their tapes
most of the time... you call it lip-sync in English?
as for Strawberry Switchblade, their single
"since yesterday" was the biggest hit in Japan.
I bought their records (Japanese version)
I like that song "our lips are sealed" by Fun Boy Three.![]()
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