There But For Fortune Lyrics - Ochs Phil

Show me a prison, show me a jail 

Show me a pris'ner whose face has grown pale 

And I'll show you a young man 

With many reasons why 

There but for fortune, go you or I 

Show me an alley, show me a train 

Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain 

And I'll show you a young man 

With many reasons why 

There but for fortune, go you or I 

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor 

Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door 

And I'll show you a young man 

With many reasons why 

There but for fortune, go you or I 

Show me a country where the bombs had to fall 

Show me the ruins of buildings so tall 

And I'll show you a young land 

With many reasons why 

There but for fortune, go you or I 

You or I