There but for the grace of god go i

écrite a l'époque de Dr Buzzard and the original Savannah band,"there but for the grace of God go i" par August Darnell,elle est destinée au groupe MACHINE...en pleine période Disco,ce sera un hit en clubs.
Comme souvent August Darnell se réapproprie la chanson pour en faire une version "tropicale" parfaite pour Kid Creole.
Elle ne sortira cependant qu'en face B du single "Darrio".

There but for the grace of God go I
Music by Kevin Nance
Lyrics by August Darnell
1978 Nance songs Inc.
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

There but for the grace of God go 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

There but for the grace of God go 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

There but for the grace of God go I