There But For The Grace Of God I
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Carlos and Carmen Vidal
Just had a child
A lovely girl with a crooked smile
Now they gotta split
'Cause the Bronx ain't fit
For a kid to grow up in
"Let's find a place", they say
Somewhere far away
With no blacks, no jews and no gays
But for the grace of God
Oh go I, oh I
There but for the grace of God
Oh go I, I, I, I
Poppy and the family
Left the dirty streets
To find a quiet place overseas
And year after year
The kid has to hear
The do's, the don'ts and the dears
And when she's ten years old
She digs that rock 'n' roll
But Poppy bans it from home
But for the grace of God
Oh go I, oh I
There but for the grace of God
Oh go I, I, I, I
Baby, she turns out to be
A natural freak
Popping pills and smoking weed
And when she's sweet sixteen
She packs her things and leaves
With a man she met on the street
Carmen starts to bawl
Bangs her head to the wall
Too much love is worse than none at all
Oh go I, oh I
There but for the grace of God
Oh go I, I, I, I
Baby, she turns out to be
A natural freak
Popping pills and smoking weed
And when she's sweet sixteen
She packs her things and leaves
With a man she met on the street
Carmen starts to bawl
Bangs her head to the wall
Too much love is worse than none at all
Oh go I, oh I
There but for the grace of God
Oh go I, oh I
There but for the grace of God
Oh go I, oh I
There but for the grace of God
Oh go I, I, I, I