One Of Us-Prince

...what would you ask if you had just one question?...when Joan Osborne's version of this song was all over American radio I just hated the song...the words came out of her mouth with such disdain it made me uncomfortable...i have been often cynical with regard to Christianity but never with the idea of Spirituality...I was taught from the beginning to believe that there was more to this life than just what we can see...Years later when I heard Prince's version I was fully ready to receive this message...

...Prince captured a whole different level to this song...whereas Joan was bored with the idea by the end of the song...She tended to sound as if she didn't believe in God in the first place so the question was mute...Prince seems to be full-on emotionally exploring the idea of God being one us...then it hit me...

...there is a humanistic side to this song and that's what Prince stumbled upon whereas Joan just danced around it's philosophy...much like in Edie Brickell's What I Am in 1988, we are all expressions and faces of God...as we do our worst while wearing our best we are showing the true face of God...So God is just a stranger on a bus, tryin' to make his way home...whatsoever you do to the least of these, you do unto me...

If God had a name, what would it beAnd would you call it to his faceIf you were faced with him in all his gloryWhat would you ask if you had just one questionYeah, yeah, God is greatYeah, yeah, God is goodYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahWhat if God was one of usJust a slob like one of usJust a stranger on the busTrying to make his way homeIf God had a face, what would it look likeAnd would you want to seeIf seeing meant that you would have to believeIn things like heaven and in jesus and the saintsAnd all the prophets and...Yeah, yeah, God is greatYeah, yeah, God is goodYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahWhat if God was one of usJust a slob like one of usJust a stranger on the busTrying to make his way homeTryin to make his way homeBack up to heaven all aloneNobody callin on the phonecept for the pope maybe in romeYeah, yeah, God is greatYeah, yeah, God is goodYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahWhat if God was one of usJust a slob like one of usJust a stranger on the busTrying to make his way homeJust tryin to make his way homeLike a holy rolling stoneBack up to heaven all aloneJust tryin to make his way homeNobody callin on the phonecept for the pope maybe in rome