[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: 00:16-01:02]
[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
[Instrumental Break: 03:21-03:57]
[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
One of Us was written by Eric Bazilian.
One of Us was produced by Rick Chertoff.
Joan Osborne released One of Us on Tue Feb 21 1995.
Eric Bazilian, the writer of “One Of Us”, talked about the inspirtation behind the song in an interview with PopDose in 2008:
I wrote [‘One of Us’] one night — the quickest song I ever wrote — to impress a girl. Which worked, because we’re married and have two kids. But we were in the middle of wri...