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