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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Show me the prison
Show me the jail
Show me the prisoner
Whose light has gone stale
And I'll show you, young man
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I, hmm-mmm
[Verse 2]
Show me the alley
Show me the train
Show me the hobo
Who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you, young man
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I, hmm-mmm
[Verse 3]
Show me the whiskey
Stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard
As he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you, young man
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I, hmm-mmm
[Verse 4]
Show me the country
Where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins
Of the buildings once so tall
And I'll show you young land
With so many reasons why
Are there but for fortune, go you and I
You and I
Written by: Phil Ochs

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