Machine - There But for The Grace of God Go I Lyrics

what we are running away from is what we run back into

Carlos and Carmen Vidal.
Just had a child.
A lovely girl with a crooked smile.
Now they've 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 (smh).

Chorus:
There but for the grace of God go I.
There go I iii.

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 dares.
And when she's ten years old.
she digs that rock 'n' roll.
But Poppy bans it from home.

Chorus:
There but for the grace of God go I.
There go I iii.

"That Baby," she turns out to be.
a natural freak.
Gaining weight
and loosing 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,
bangs her head to the wall.
Too-much-love-is-worse-than-none-at-all

I remember hearing this song at my aunt's wedding and felt the music. I didn't know who sang it but I would sing only the lyrics I know... Talk about old and disco.... LOL