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 many reasons why 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 many reasons why And there but for fortune, may go you or go 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 many reasons why And there but for fortune, may go you or go 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 And there but for fortune, may go you or I, or I