There But for the Grace of God Go I - The Gories

Mama and Papa Vidal just had a child

A lovely girl with a crooked smile

Now they gotta split 'cause the bronx ain’t fit

For 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 I I I I I!

Poppa 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 the don’ts and the dears

And when she’s ten years old she digs that rock 'n' roll

But Poppy bans it from the 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 I I I I I!

Soon she turns out to be a natural freak

Popping pills and smoking weed

And when she’s sweet sixteen she leaves her big family

With a man she met on the streets

Mama starts to bawl, bangs her head to the wall

Too much love is worse than none at all!

But for the grace of God, oh, go I

Oh, I

There but for the grace of God, oh go I I I I I I I I I!

Mama and Papa Vidal just had a child

A lovely girl with a crooked smile

Now they gotta split 'cause the bronx ain’t fit

For 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 I I I I I!