There But For Fortune

"Show me an alley, show me a train,
show me a homeless man 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 I

Show me a prison, show me a jail,
show me a prisoner whose face is growing pale

and I'll show you a young man
with so many reasons why
there but for fortune may go you or I

Show me a country where the bombs had to fall
show me the ruins of buildings once so tall

and I'll show you a young land
with many reasons why
there but for fortune may go you or I
even I