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There But For Fortune

by Phil Odgers with John Kettle

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This is an advance track from the album Far Rockaway (the songs of Phil Ochs) by Phil Odgers and John Kettle which will be released in March 2024.

FUNDS RAISED FROM SALE OF THIS TRACK WILL GO TOWARDS THE PRESSING AND MANUFACTURE OF THE CD.

The album is a collection of Phil Ochs songs recorded by myself and John Kettle from Merry Hell during lockdown ...it's just taken me a bit longer than expected to get set to release it.

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There But For Fortune (words and music written by Phil Ochs)

Show me the prison, show me the jail
Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you or I

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

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you or I

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 a young land with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you and I
You and I

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released October 3, 2023
Phil Odgers - vocals
John Kettle - guitars

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Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers London, UK

Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers is singer and a songwriter with legendary UK folk rebel rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang. He is also a solo artist in his own right.

Audiences around the world from Cairo to Reykjavik, Brisbane to Vancouver and Berlin to London have submitted to his effervescent and heartfelt vocal style in stadium, theatre, hall and after hours lock in.
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