Machine. .. There But for the Grace of God, There Go I

Machine was an American funk disco group, formed by August Darnell in 1977. The group is most remembered today for their 1979 disco hit, There But for the Grace of God Go I. The group disbanded in the early 1980s, and Darnell went on to form Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Lyrics 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