🎵 One of Us // by Joan Osborne

48 ContributorsOne of Us Lyrics [Spoken Intro] So one of these nights and about twelve o'clock This old world's gonna reel and rock Saints will tremble and cry for pain For the Lord's gonna come in his heavenly airplane [Instrumental Break] [Verse 1] 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? [Pre-Chorus] And yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] What if God was one of us Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Tryna make His way home? [Verse 2] 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? [Pre-Chorus] And yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] What if God was one of us Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Tryna make His way home? [Bridge] Just tryna make His way home Back up to Heaven all alone Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept for the Pope, maybe in Rome [Guitar Solo] [Pre-Chorus] Yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] What if God was one of us Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Tryna make His way home Just tryna make his way home Like a holy rolling stone? Back up to heaven all alone Just tryna make His way home? [Outro] Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept for the Pope, maybe in Rome