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Canzoni contro la guerra - La Brigata Lolli

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4. THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE<br />

Phil Ochs<br />

"Scrissi questa canzone pensando a un vecchio modo di dire, 'there but for the grace of God'<br />

(siamo qui solo per grazia di Dio). Ma <strong>la</strong> grazia di Dio non esiste." (Phil Ochs). <strong>La</strong> canzone è stata<br />

cantata anche da Joan Baez.<br />

Show me a prison, show me a jail,<br />

Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale<br />

And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why<br />

And there but for fortune, may go you or I -- you and I.<br />

Show me the alley, show me the train,<br />

Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain,<br />

And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why<br />

There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and I.<br />

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor,<br />

Show me the drunken man as he stumbles out the door,<br />

And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why<br />

There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and I.<br />

Show me the famine, show me the frail<br />

Eyes with no future that show how we failed<br />

And I'll show you the children with so many reasons why<br />

There but for fortune, go you or I.<br />

Show me the country where bombs had to fall,<br />

Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall,<br />

And I'll show you a young <strong>la</strong>nd with so many reasons why<br />

There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.<br />

You and I,<br />

There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.<br />

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SOLO PER CASO<br />

Versione italiana di Riccardo Venturi<br />

Fammi vedere una prigione, fammi vedere una galera,<br />

Fammi vedere un prigioniero con <strong>la</strong> faccia impallidita<br />

E io ti faro' vedere un ragazzo, e ci son molte ragioni<br />

Che, solo per caso, quel ragazzo sia io o te, io e te.<br />

Fammi vedere il vicolo, fammi vedere il treno,<br />

Fammi vedere il vagabondo che dorme fuori, sotto <strong>la</strong> pioggia,<br />

E io ti faro' vedere un ragazzo, e ci son molte ragioni<br />

Che, solo per caso, quel ragazzo sia io o te, io e te.

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