When I was young, I was taught I'd find One rich man in ten as a satisfied mind And I'm the one A hundred to one says I wouldn't react But I'm the one in a hundred who would swing right back Yes, I'm the one Thousands of steps and staircases to climb Thousands of men you're most likely to climb And yet I'm the one Ten thousand to one, could I possibly bet I'm compelled by your love and I haven't lost yet Till you're the one One in a million don't mean what it meant And these millions of gold coins don't gleam in the spent You're left with none Ten million dollars could win the whole lot But if ten million dollars is all that you got You won't be the one Hundreds of millions of papers to sign Hundreds of millions of souls left behind And yet we're the ones A billion to one, don't the odds make you sick To be one in a billion's a terrible trick You're the wretched one When I was young, I was taught I'd find One rich man in ten as a satisfied mind And I'm the one