There But For Fortune

Phil Ochs

()jail, ()ale, And I'll ()why There() Show me the alley, show me the train, Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain, And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I. Show me the whisky stains on the floor, Show me the dunkard as he stumbles out the door, And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I. Show me the famine, show me the frail Eyes with no future that show how we failed And I'll show you the children with so many reasons why There but for fortune, go you or 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 There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I. You and I, There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.

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