There But For Fortune Lyrics

Show me a prison, show me a jail
Show me a prisoner, man, whose face is growin' 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 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
And there but for fortune, may go you or I

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me a drunken 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 I

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the 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

Phil Ochs - There But for Fortune

Oct 1990

1. What's That I Hear
2. One More Parade
3. Too Many Martyrs
4. Power And The Glory
5. I Ain't Marching Anymore
6. Draft Dodger Rag
7. The Highwayman
8. Here's To The State Of Mississippi
9. There But For Fortune
10. I'm Goin To Say It Now
11. Is There Anybody Here
12. Cops Of The World
13. Ringing Of Revolution
14. Santo Domingo
15. Bracero
16. Love Me, I'm A Liberal
17. Changes
18. When I'm Gone