Trying to find out who sings this one.......

[classof83]

It's been maddening trying to track this one down. Hopefully I"ve stumbled onto the right place. IF you can figure this out for me, I'll be keeping you all busy for a long time to come.

I don't have a sample, but I do remember a few of the words (Thank God I don't have to sing them!)

The closest I can come to a title is "There But for the Grace of God"

" Now they gotta split 'cause the world aint fit for a kid to grow up in/ let's find a place they say, some where far away, where only upper class people stay......,
"Carmen starts to bawl, puts her head to the wall, too much love is worse than none at all..."

Okay, so I may have butchered the words as well but it's been a lot of years and I cannot find this single to buy anywhere not knowing the artist or title. Is this real or did I imagine it?

[needlefingers]

Hello,

You have the title.

It is There But For The Grace Of God Go I by Machine

You can get a re-issue from Unidisc on either 12 inch or CD.

Or look for the original on ebay.

This song has been cleaned up. Instead of "where only upper class people stay", the original lyrics are "with no blacks and no jews and no gay's".

Why they felt the need to clean it up.......?

[classof83]

Thanks so much Needlefingers,

That should make things a whole lot easier! As I recall, there were either two versions out at the same time or once verse was the original and the other was the cleaned up one. I used the cleaned up one in case my memory failed me and I had the wrong words.

Anyway, you've solved a mystery that has been plaguing me for years!

[needlefingers]

You are welcome.