Joan Osbourne - One of Us

This song was publish in 1995, it could been said to be an old song now.
Actually I just heard about it from TV today. :P
However, I found this song is awesome! I love it so much!!!
The lyrics is very meaningful, too.
Hope you all enjoy it!

Joan Osbourne - One of Us



Lyrics:

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
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


About this song:

"One of Us" is a song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. 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 [God's face] if seeing meant that you would have to believe?" The name of the song comes from the question contained in the refrain, "What if God was one of us? "Released in March 1995 on the album Relish (produced by Rick Chertoff), it hit the top 40 in November of the same year. With this song, Osborne received one of many Grammy nominations in 1995, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, but failed to win. One year later Prince covered the song for his 'Emancipation' LP.Around January 1996, "One of Us" hit the top 10. Finally in March of 1996 "One of Us" climbed to #1 on Rock On The Net's ARC Weekly Top 40 and stayed there for 2 weeks. Its peak chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 was #4.
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What I had learned from this song:

Well, if God was really one of us, I would tell him that how much I appreciate to him for brought me to this beautiful world.
Or if God was really one of us, would God be my parents or friends?
I think this song was try to tell us about that, "Anyone of us may be the God."
And we should always appreciate to our parents, friends, and lovers in this wonderful world.
However, they could be our God in our eyes.