There But for the Grace of God Go I

Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child
A lovely girl with a crooked smile
Now they gotta split
'Cus 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, there go I, I, I
There but for the grace of God, oh go I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child
A lovely girl with a crooked smile
Now they gotta split
'Cus 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, there go I, I, I
There but for the grace of God, oh go I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Papi 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 and don'ts and the dear's
And when she's ten years old she digs that rock'n'roll
But Papi bans it from the home

But for the grace of God (But for the grace of God) there go I, I, I
But for the grace of God, there go I, I, I
(It could be me, it could be you)
There but for the grace of God (No it couldn't be!) oh go I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Baby, she turns out to be
A natural freak
Gaining weight and losing sleep
And when she's sweet sixteen,
She packs her things and leaves
With a man she met on the street
Carmen starts to bawl
with her head to the wall
Too much love is worse than none at all

But for the grace of God, there go I, I, I (Go I, Go I, yeah)
There but for the grace of God, there go I, I, I
There but for the grace of God, there go I, I, I
There but for the grace of God, oh go go go I
There but for the grace, there but for the grace
There, there, there, there, yeah