Joan Osbourne ~ If God Was One of Us

[In_The_Wind]

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

[NMMNG]

1. Blasphemer!

Just kidding--although lots of wingnuts actually considered it blasphemy to suggest God was "one of us" or even to imagine it. :eyes:

[Bill McBlueState]

3. lol

wingnuts actually considered it blasphemy to suggest God was "one of us"

That's really damn funny, seeing how the whole point of their religion is that their god was "one of us" for a few decades during the Roman empire.

Stupid fundies.

[In_The_Wind]

5. I agree with you Bill McBlueState

Stupid fundies.

[NMMNG]

28. They usually aren't too good at making sense

Just at making noise

[In_The_Wind]

4. but ... shouldn't we treat one another with respect & love

... just sayin ~

[NMMNG]

26. Of course we should

[In_The_Wind]

37. just checkin

[NuttyFluffers]

2. it's a great Prince song, isn't it?

:evilgrin:

[In_The_Wind]

6. Copy Right of Joan Osborne

[NuttyFluffers]

7. sounds better by prince :P

:evilgrin:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

11. Sorry to burst the bubble

but One of Us was written by Eric Bazilian who used to be in the Hooters. I think he was in Osbourne's band though.

Slightly off topic but no less distressing: Did you know Lewis Black doesn't write his own rants anymore? Nope, that staff writers at Daily Show write them now. Black says they're "better at doing him" than he is.

[In_The_Wind]

16. on a google search it did say that Osborn has the copyright on this song

so ... sorry if I picked up wrong information from the web this morning

I don't know anything about Lewis Black.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

17. No biggie....

I heard an interview with the guy who wrote it which is how I knew in the first place. :)

[In_The_Wind]

23. see ... I knew there was another reason why I come to DU

:banghead: how is it that I keep getting so much misinformation on the web ... I'm never gonna stop looking like a dumb blonde this way :grr:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

29. Well, you could leave out the fact that you're blonde...

I'd never know. :shrug:

[In_The_Wind]

32. I guess you haven't been looking at any of the picture threads lately then

you were complementing me

[Wapsie B]

8. I love that song.

Great sentiment too. Besides the fact that it drives the conservative fundies crazy.

[In_The_Wind]

18. I've noticed that song seems to drive many people nuts.

another favorite of mine is one by Aaron Neville - this one also seems to make a lot of the people uncomfortable but it shouldn't



To Make Me Who I Am

(Aaron Neville, Gordon Chambers, Robbie Nevil, Bradley Spalter)

I've walked through this world sometimes without a friend
My life has been up and down, been close to an end
But I've been through the mill
And I've paid my dues
Walked so many miles in different peoples shoes

But I've been through the fire
And I've walked in the rain
I've felt the joy and endured the pain

Once I was a schemer
But I always was a dreamer
But it took me who I was and where I've been
To make me who I am

I've met a lot of lost souls in the bowels of hell
Traveled some crooked roads, got some stories yet to tell
I've shot up with the junkie, in piss stench halls
Broken bread with the devil, fallen on my knees to God
Some days I was blessed, some nights I was damned
But I always tried to lend a helping hand

Once I was a deceiver
Not I am a believer
But it took me who I was and where I've been
To make me who I am

Oh, I've seen the little children, all strung out on dope
No one to care about them, living without hope
But I've been lucky that I always had a song
I'll sing it with compassion, to try to right the wrong.

Once my life was wretched
But why should I regret it
Cuz, it took me who I was, and where I've been
To make me who I am
...
Cause I know it took who you were
And where you came from
To make you what you are

[WCGreen]

9. Joan Rules.... Just a slob like one of us......

It's the real point of christianity....

Christ is in all of us....

And no one has a monoploy on the goods.....

[In_The_Wind]

15. or my way of looking at it is we are all one in the same

we all have the proclivity to do either great or evil things ... it's clearly a choice how we will live our lives

[WCGreen]

27. BRavo, by Jove (another word for Jupiter, king of the Gods)

I think you've got it.....

[In_The_Wind]

34. seems to me like I was having this very conversation with someone

at about 1:30 this afternoon ... I was feeling pretty good about it then too.


you know something ... WCGreen ... you're kinda smart yourself!

[WCGreen]

42. Blush and ahhh Shucks......

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

30. Wait, wait, wait....

Jesus was a neat freak. We all know that.

[WCGreen]

44. Oh yea, he kept perfectly quaffed after the 40 day stint in the

desert..

Wasn't Peter a hairdresser??????

[sundog]

10. relish was a great album

there are actually a lot of songs on it i like a lot more... st theresa, man in the long black coat

[tigereye]

12. stellar album!

what great pipes she has!

[sundog]

13. dracula moon

very dark album... i usually like those :7

[In_The_Wind]

19. I love that album ... it's one of the ones I listen to while I'm driving

because it seems to drive my parrot nuts ... whatever - I'm still going to listen to it somewhere :shrug:

St Theresa is a beautiful song, Man In the Long Black Coat just plain rocks, Let's Just Get Naked really is a trip and a half...

[sundog]

20. she bold as a street light, dark & sweet as hash

i love that line in st. theresa

[In_The_Wind]

24. I feel another long drive calling me.

the beach is only 165 miles away *sigh*



Way down in the hollow, leavin' so soon
Oh, St. Teresa, higher than the moon

[indigo32]

33. Spiderweb

Dreamed about ray charles last night
And he could see just fine, you know
I asked him for a lullaby
He said, ’honey, I don’t sing no more’
No more, no more, no more
Ray don’t sing no more

He said, ’since I got my eyesight back,
My voice has just deserted me.
No ’georgia on my mind’ no more...
I stay in bed with mtv.’

[In_The_Wind]

35. I just wanna go catch me some Ray Charles after hearing Spiderweb

[sundog]

45. yup

i was inspired to dig it out of my collection :7

:hi:

[Tsiyu]

49. When you're lyin in your bed

Don't forget your string of pearls...don't forget your spiderweb...

Fallen from Grace is excellent as well. And "Right Hand Man" is a favorite. "If he can't fix it, I don't know who can!"

But Let's Just Get Naked rules...

[In_The_Wind]

50. Yes ! It does !

[Tsiyu]

48. Agreed

Been listening to it all week

[Zomby Woof]

14. I have that album!

Saw her on that tour too. Great show!

My favorites are: "Spider Web", "Dracula Moon", and her cover of Dylan's "Man In The Long Black Coat".

[Sugarcoated]

21. I love One of Us

But, strangly, several people I know laugh at it and think it sucks. I don't get it, I think it's an amazingly written song.

[In_The_Wind]

25. is it just me

or does Osborne sound just the least little bit like Janis Joplin in this song ?

[Sugarcoated]

31. Now that you mention it, yeah, she kinda does

Melissa Ethridge seems to be the closest. I sing, and one day I was doing Piece of My Heart with my brother, tried to do it as close to Janis as I could - totally stripped my voice for a week. Nobody can really do Janis, it's dangerous.

[In_The_Wind]

38. yep ~ she was great !

[In_The_Wind]

22. Right Hand Man is so great.

... but where the hell is he when I need him ~

[Ladyhawk]

36. Who is going to post the "What if God Smoked Cannabis?" version

[In_The_Wind]

39. Cannabis must have been around back then.

probably wasn't anything at all wrong smokin with it

[Zomby Woof]

40. I was going to

But got sidetracked by my short attention span. :P

[AntiCoup2K4]

41. Here ya go!

What if God Smoked Cannabis?
(Parody of One of Us by Joan Osborne)

If God had long hair
And a goatee
And if His eyes were pretty glazed
If He looked spaced out
Would you buy His story?
Would you believe
He had an eye infection?

And yeah, yeah, God looks baked
Yeah, yeah, God smells good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God smoked Cannabis?
Hit the bong like some of us
Drove a Tie-died micro bus
And He subscribes to Rolling Stone

When God made this place
In the beginning
Did He plant any seeds?
Or did He put them there
For Adam and Eve
So they’d be hungry
For the apple that the snake
Was always offering

And yeah, yeah, God rolls great
Yeah, yeah, God smells good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God smoked Cannabis?
Do you suppose He had a buzz
When He made the platypus?
When He created Earth our home
Does He like Pearl Jam or The Stones?
And do you think He rolls his own?
Up there in Heaven on the throne

And when the Saints go marching home
Maybe He sits and smokes a bowl

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[Ladyhawk]

43. Hehe, thanks. I was too lazy. ; ) n/t

[KitchenWitch]

46. I LOVE Joan Osborne

Great song!

[In_The_Wind]

47. yep ~ the lady rocks !

in so many ways