Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song There But For Fortune , by - Phil Ochs. Song from the album The Early Years, in the genre Release date: 31.12.2005
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
There But For Fortune |
| 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 so 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 so many reasons why |
| There but for fortune, may go you or I |
| Show me the whiskey stains on the floor |
| Show me the drunken man as he stumbles out the door |
| And I’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why |
| 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 |