One Of Us

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One Of Us by Joan Osborne

About One Of Us

"One of Us" is a song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. Released in March 1995 on the album Relish and produced by Rick Chertoff, it became a top 40 hit in November of that year. Lyrics The song deals with various aspects of belief in God by asking questions inviting the listener to consider how they might relate to God, such as "Would you call (God's name) to his face?" or "Would you want to see .

One Of Us Lyrics

[00:01.70] So one of these nights and about twelve o'clock
[00:06.02] This old world's going to reel and rock
[00:09.32] Saints will tremble and cry for pair
[00:12.15] For the lord's gonna come in his heavenly airplain
[00:14.42] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[00:47.86] If God had a name what would it be
[01:05.30] And would you call it to His face
[01:09.49] If you were faced with Him in all His glory
[01:14.95] What would you ask if you had just one question?
[01:22.58] And yeah, yeah God is great
[01:28.39] Yeah, yeah God is good
[01:33.85] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[01:38.54] What if God was one of us
[01:44.04] Just a slob like one of us
[01:49.64] Just a stranger on the bus
[01:53.74] Trying to make His way home
[01:58.50]
[02:01.18] If God had a face what would it look like
[02:06.24] And would you want to see
[02:09.91] If seeing meant that you would have to believe
[02:15.48] In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the Saints
[02:20.22] And all the Prophets
[02:23.02] And yeah, yeah God is great
[02:28.74] Yeah, yeah God is good
[02:34.26] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[02:38.97] What if God was one of us
[02:44.49] Just a slob like one of us
[02:49.88] Just a stranger on the bus
[02:54.12] Trying to make his way home
[02:59.42] Tryin' to make his way home
[03:04.68] Back up to Heaven all alone
[03:10.18] Nobody callin' on the phone
[03:15.50] Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
[03:48.28]
[03:55.70] Yeah, yeah God is great
[04:01.16] Yeah, yeah God is good
[04:06.53] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[04:11.26] What if God was one of us
[04:16.62] Just a slob like one of us
[04:22.05] Just a stranger on the bus
[04:27.92]
[04:31.65] Trying to make his way home
[04:37.08] Like a holy rolling stone
[04:42.28] Back up to Heaven all alone
[04:47.76] Just tryin' to make his way home
[04:54.53]
[04:58.87] Nobody callin' on the phone
[05:04.36] Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
[05:07.42]

From the album: Old But Gold