“Show me an alley, show me a train
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I”

—  Phil Ochs

"There but for Fortune" (1963)
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American protest singer and songwriter 1940–1976

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