There But for the Grace of God, There Go I

[00:25.77] Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child

[00:30.02] A lovely girl with a crooked smile

[00:32.78] Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit

[00:37.52] For a kid to grow up in

[00:40.03] Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away

[00:44.78] With no blacks, no Jews and no gays

[00:47.53] There but for the grace of God go I

[01:02.28] Poppy and the family left the dirty streets

[01:06.52] To find a quiet place overseas

[01:09.28] And year after year the kid has to hear

[01:14.03] The do's, the don'ts and the dears

[01:16.78] And when she's ten years old she digs that Rock 'n' Roll

[01:21.27] But Poppy bans it from home

[01:23.78] There but for the grace of God go I

[01:46.02] Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak

[01:50.53] Popping pills and smoking weed

[01:53.28] And when she's sweet sixteen, she packs her things and leaves

[01:57.78] With a man she met on the street

[02:00.28] Carmen starts to bawl, bangs her head to the wall

[02:05.03] Too much love is worse than none at all

[02:07.78] There but for the grace of God go I