There But For Fortune Lyrics

There But For Fortune lyrics

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