琼安·奥斯朋，1963年7月8日出生于阿拉斯加南部安克雷奇的Joan Osborne。90年代早期来到纽约，就读于纽约大学电影学院。一个偶然的机会琼在当地一家小酒吧中演唱了爵士歌后Billy Hoilday的名曲“上帝保佑孩子”，自此人生的轨迹完全被改变。她开始从事音乐事业，模仿自己所喜欢的埃特-詹姆斯以及蕾-查尔斯等人进行表演。最初 奥斯本不愿受大唱片公司的摆布，自己成立了厂牌“女性欢呼”(Womanly Hips)，并推出《灵魂展示》(Soul Show)这样一张唱片，还与其他艺人一起举办音乐会。
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?chorus:
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 a 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(chorus)
back up to heaven all alone.
nobody callin' on the phone
'cept for the pope maybe in rome.(chorus)
like a holy rolling stone.
back up to heaven all alone
just tryin' to make his way home
nobody callin' on the phone
'cept for the pope maybe in rome
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?chorus:
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 a 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(chorus)
back up to heaven all alone.
nobody callin' on the phone
'cept for the pope maybe in rome.(chorus)
like a holy rolling stone.
back up to heaven all alone
just tryin' to make his way home
nobody callin' on the phone
'cept for the pope maybe in rome