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. <br />Comme souvent August Darnell se réapproprie la chanson pour en faire une version "tropicale" parfaite pour Kid Creole. <br />Elle ne sortira cependant qu'en face B du single "Darrio". <br /><br />There but for the grace of God go I <br />Music by Kevin Nance <br />Lyrics by August Darnell <br />1978 Nance songs Inc. <br />Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child <br />A lovely girl with a crooked smile <br />Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit <br />For a kid to grow up in <br />Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away <br />With no blacks, no Jews and no gays <br /><br />There but for the grace of God go I <br /><br />Poppy and the family left the dirty streets <br />To find a quiet place overseas <br />And year after year the kid has to hear <br />The do's the don'ts and the dears <br />And when she's ten years old she digs that rock 'n' roll <br />But Poppy bans it from home <br /><br />There but for the grace of God go I <br /><br />Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak <br />Popping pills and smoking weed <br />And when she's sweet sixteen she packs her things and leaves <br />With a man she met on the street <br />Carmen starts to bawl, bangs her head to the wall <br />Too much love is worse than none at all <br /><br />There but for the grace of God go I
