Phil Ochs - The Early Years

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 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 many reasons why
And there but for fortune, may go you or go I

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me the dunken 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 go 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
And there but for fortune, may go you or I, or I



Credits
Writer(s): Phil Ochs
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Other Album Tracks

  1. William Moore
  2. What Are You Fighting For
  3. There But for Fortune
  4. Paul Crump
  5. Talking Airplane Disaster
  6. How Long
  7. Davey Moore
  8. Introduction
  9. Ballad of Medgar Evers
  10. Talking Birmingham Jam

All Album Tracks: The Early Years >

Altri album

  1. Not In My Name (Live 1964)
  2. The WBAI Radio Sessions 1965
  3. Live in Montreal
  4. Live In Montreal 10/22/1966
  5. On My Way, 1963 Demo Session
  6. Live in Lansing 1973
  7. A Hero of the Game (Live)
  8. The War Is Over - The Best of Phil Ochs
  9. On My Way (1963 Demo Session)
  10. Gunfight At Carnegie Hall

All Albums of Phil Ochs >

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