過年在車上聽 Joan Baez 在1965年的老唱片裡唱 Phil Ochs的 There but for Fortune,細細地聽歌詞，分明就是社會學第一堂課，什麼叫做社會結構、什麼叫主觀能動性。不懂有好心的人老是說，只要你我他有心，這些問題都能解決。真希望有人能適切地翻出這首歌詞。

我還沒學會怎麼貼音樂，先聽聽原作者 Phil Ochs 怎麼唱吧。他的自殺是當年民歌界的一大慘事，Billy Braggs還特地唱了歌紀念他。

There but for Fortune

by Phil Ochs

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 so 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 so many reasons why 
There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and 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 so many reasons why 
There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and 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 
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I. You and I, 
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.