There But For Fortune Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

Show me the prison, show me the jail 

Show me the prisoner whose face is growin' pale 

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 

And 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 famine, show me the frail 

Eyes with no future, that show how we've 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