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There But For Fortune

Phil Ochs
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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 -- you and 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 go I -- you and 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 go I -- you and I.

Show me the famine, show me the frail
Eyes with no future that show how we failed
And I'll show you the children with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or 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
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
You and I,
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
C'è la fortuna

Io vedo gente
che non sa più
l'amore che cos'è
cos'è il cielo blu
e allora ricordo
le mie notti accanto a te
c'è la fortuna
con te, con me

Io vedo il volto
di una città
distrutta da chi
ignora la bontà
e allora ricordo
le mie notti accanto a te
c'è la fortuna
con te, con me

E vedo un uomo
che ha perso ormai
i suoi sogni e sa già
che niente cambierà
e allora ricordo
le mie notti accanto a te
c'è la fortuna
con te, con me

E vedo un mondo
che morirà
di inutili perché
di false libertà
e allora ricordo
le mie notti accanto a te
c'è la fortuna
con te, con me...


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