There, but for Fortune Songtext
von Phil Ochs

Show me a prison, show me a jail
Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale
And I′ll show you a young man with many reasons why
And there but for fortune, may go you or I


Show me the alley, show me the train
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why
And there but for fortune, may go you or go I

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me the dunken man as he stumbles out the door
And I′ll show you a young man with many reasons why
And there but for fortune, may go you or go I

Show me the country where bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
And there but for fortune, may go you or I, or I