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Thread started 03/10/04 6:53am

UptownDeb

"There But For the Grace of God Go I"

Remember this track by Machine? Love the lyrics, makes you think.... btw, did Machine ever have any other hits?

Machine Lyrics - There But For The Grace Of God Go I
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

Chorus:
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

Chorus

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

Chorus

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Reply #1 posted 03/10/04 7:10am

DavidEye	this song was used to great effect in the movie "Summer Of Sam".
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Reply #2 posted 03/10/04 7:27am

NPGLOVER	Kid Creole remade it ...cause FACE said so!!!
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Reply #3 posted 03/10/04 7:54am

TheOrgerFormer lyKnownAs	You guys kill me everyday!! I love this song so much!
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Reply #4 posted 03/10/04 9:48am

TheRealFiness	Machine 1979 Rca Records... Hot disco Classic indeed...
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Reply #5 posted 03/10/04 10:14am

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UptownDeb said:

Remember this track by Machine? Love the lyrics, makes you think.... btw, did Machine ever have any other hits?

[color=red:fd296ec659]Machine Lyrics - There But For The Grace Of God Go I[/color]
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

Chorus:
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

Chorus

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

Chorus

Thanks for posting the words Deb. I never knew what they were saying. biggrin

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Reply #6 posted 03/10/04 10:23am

TheRealFiness	"Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak Popping pills and smoking weed" its "Gaining weight and losing sleep"
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Reply #7 posted 03/10/04 3:59pm

UptownDeb	TheRealFiness said: "Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak Popping pills and smoking weed" its "Gaining weight and losing sleep" You know, I think there was a version that omitted the "No blacks, no Jews, and no gays" line or maybe it was substituted?
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