There But For Fortune lyrics - Cher

(originally by Phil Ochs)

Show me the prison 

Show me the jail 

Show me the prisoner 

Whose life has gone stale 

And I'll show you the young man 

With some many reasons why 

There but for fortune 

Go you or I 

Show me the alley 

Show me the train 

Show me the hobo 

Who sleeps out in the rain 

And I'll show you the young man 

With some many reasons why 

There but for fortune 

Go you or I 

Show me the whiskey 

Stains on the floor 

Show me the drunkard 

As he stumbles out the door 

And I'll show you the young man 

With some many reasons why 

There but for fortune 

Go you or I 

Show me the country 

Where the bombs had to fall 

Show me the ruins 

Of the buildings once so tall 

I'll show you the young land 

With some many reasons why 

There but for fortune 

Go you and I 

You and I 

You and I