In places far away like Baghdad and Beirut,
people scavenge like rats just to see the day through.
Starvation creeps quietly into peopleâ??s homes,
a soldier passing by finds another manâ??s bones.
He was just a number.
A manâ??s gone crazy at a school with a gun,
a child hides crying wishing for his mum.
A teacher puts her life in danger,
he shoots her dead where a Jesus-doll lies in a manger.
She was just a number.
A young girl sits in class feeling so alone
wishing time would stand still so she didnâ??t have to go home.
Having to make up excuses about falling downstairs,
silently wishing that somebody cared.
Sheâ??s just a number.
This lifeâ??s just like a stupid maths game â??
nothing ever adds up, itâ??s always the same.
People get together and then they divide.
Iâ??m sure I heard somebody cry,
donâ??t want to be just a number.
