No blacks no jews and no gays
With no Blacks, no Jews and no Gays. For a kid to grow up in. But Papi bans it from the home. She packs her things and leaves.
There But for the : 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
To find a quiet place overseas. Somewhere far away. Are you an artist? A natural freak. It could be me, it could be you. “There But For The Grace Of God Go I” tells the story of bigoted parents who move to the ‘burbs to get their baby daughter away from “the blacks, the jews and the gays”.
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The lyrics were changed in this version; for instance, "let's find a place they say, somewhere far away, with no Blacks, no Jews and no gays" was changed to "let's find a place to stay, somewhere far away, where they do and play and sing as they may.". A lovely girl with a crooked smile.
Papi and the family left the dirty streets. And when she's sweet sixteen. And year after year, the kid has to hear. With a man she met on the street. Gaining weight and losing sleep. But for the grace of God, there go I, I, I. Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child.
Now they gotta split. Baby, she turns out to be. Make the most of your lyrics with Musixmatch Pro! Go to Pro. Add translation. Carmen starts to bawl. There but for the grace of God, there go I, I, I. In the first verse, the parents of the girl want to "find a place far away with no blacks, no Jews, and no gays." This in no way is a reflection on the song being racist but of the.