There but for Fortune
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Show me a prison, show me a jail
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Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pal
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And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons wh
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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 wh
There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and 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 so many reasons wh
There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and I
[Extra verse... written by Noel Paul Stookey
Show me the famine, show me the frai
Eyes with no future that show how we faile
And I'll show you the children with so many reasons wh
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 wh
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
Here it is in French (supplied by William Curtis):
Je vois le priso
Je vois la nui
Je vois le prisonnier qui pleure sa vi
Et je me dis souven
Quand je m'endors dans tes bra
Ou va la chance, a toi ? a moi
Je vois des blessure
Jamais guerie
Je vois le vagabon
Quit dort sous la plui
Je vois cet homm
Au coeur perd
Qui boit pour ne plus voi
Ce qu'il est deven
Je vois des ville
Dont les maison
Un jour sous la guerr
Ont croule sans raison
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