Joan Osborne

"Hallelujah In The City"

"Hallelujah In The City"


I have been unfaithful
I have been untrue
Now I found the road that
Brought me back to you
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
In this crowded city
I was so alone
Stranger to my own eyes
Heart without a home
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
On the Riverside Drive
On the red of night
In the churches of Brooklyn
Underneath the Chelsea lights
Up in Battery Park
And in Morningsight Heights
Hallelujah
Suns are in the sky now
Suns are in my veins
Throw me in the fire now
Love is what remains
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Ooh...

"Heart Of Stone"

"Heart Of Stone"


Leanin' against the window of a white hotel room
Lookin' down at Dallas, shining in the heat
Honey when you move it's graceful as a panther
Open up your lips and my heart skips a beat

You suffer so pretty like a ragged apostle
You burn oh so brightly like a soldering gun
And I gave my body and soul to relieve you
But now you have told me that I'm not the one

And if I'm not the one
Baby baby if I'm not the one

Ohhh who's gonna dive down to the floor of the ocean
Who's gonna save you from being alone
Who's gonna hold you when you cry in the nighttime
Who's gonna carry your heart
Your heart of stone

I believed my love
Could take away your darkness
Was strong enough to fight all the demons in your dreams
Little did I know the weight would pull me under
Now I watch us both come apart at the seams

And if I'm not the one
Ohhh baby baby if I'm not the one

Ohhh who's gonna dive down to the floor of the ocean
Who's gonna save you from being alone
Who's gonna hold you when you cry in the nighttime
Who's gonna carry your heart
Your heart of stone
Your heart of stone

Ohhh who's gonna dive down to the floor of the ocean
Who's gonna save you from being alone
Who's gonna hold you when you cry in the nighttime
Who's gonna carry your heart
Your heart of stone
Your heart of stone

"Heat Wave"
(originally by Martha And The Vandellas)

"Heat Wave"
(originally by Martha And The Vandellas)



Whenever I'm with him something inside
Starts burning and I'm filled with fire
Could it be the devil in me
Or is this the way it's supposed to be
It's like a heatwave burning in my heart
I can't keep from crying, it's tearing me apart
Whenever he calls my name
Sounds so soft sweet and plain
I feel, right there, I feel this burning pain
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
Or is this the way love's supposed to be
It's like a heatwave burning in my heart
I can't keep from crying, it's tearing me apart
Sometimes this scaring craze, tears all over my face
Can't explain it, don't understand it
I ain't never felt like this before
And that funny feeling has me amazed
Don't know what to do, my head's in a haze
It's like a heatwave
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ohh..
I'm feeling I'm burning
I feel I'm burning in my heart like a heatwave
Heatwave
I'm feeling
I'm feeling, I'm feeling

"Help Me"

"Help Me"


"You got to help me, baby
I can't do it all by myself
You got to help me, baby
I can't do it all by myself
If you don't help me, daddy, gotta find somebody else
Put on your nightshirt, baby
Yeah, I'm in my morning gown
Put on your nightshirt, baby
Yeah, I'm in my morning gown
Don't feel sleepy, I just feel like lying down"

"High Water (For Charley Patton)"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"High Water (For Charley Patton)"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



High water risin', risin' night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookin' East and West
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
There was nothing standing there
High water everywhere
High water risin'
The shacks are slidin' down
Folks lose their possessions
Folks are leaving town
Bertha Mason shook, it broke it
Then she hung it on a wall
Says, "You're dancin' with whom they tell you to
Or you don't dance at all"
It's tough out there
High water everywhere
I got a cravin' love for blazing speed
Got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon, love
Throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems
Make a strong man lose his mind
I'm no pig without a wig
I hope you treat me kind
Things are breakin' up out there
High water everywhere
High water risin', six inches 'bove my head
Coffins droppin' in the street
Like balloons made out of lead
Water pourin' into Vicksburg
Don't know what I'm going to do
"Don't reach out for me," she said
"Can't you see I'm drownin' too?"
It's rough out there
High water everywhere
Well, George Lewis told the Englishman
The Italian and the Jew
"You can't open your mind, boys
To every conceivable point of view."
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
Judge says to the High Sheriff
"I want him dead or alive
Either one, I don't care."
High Water everywhere
The Cuckoo is a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies
I'm preachin' the Word of God
I'm puttin' out your eyes
I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat
She said, "Take it off the shelf
As great as you are, man
You'll never be greater than yourself."
I told her I didn't really care
High water everywhere
I'm getting' up in the morning
I believe I'll dust my broom
Keeping away from the women
I'm givin' 'em lots of room
Thunder rolling over Clarksdale
Everything is looking blue
I just can't be happy, love
Unless you're happy too
It's bad out there
High water everywhere

"Highway 61 Revisited"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"Highway 61 Revisited"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No"
Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Abe said, "Where you want this killin' done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61"
Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard where can I go
Howard said there's only one place I know
Sam said tell me quick man I got to run
Old Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on Highway 61
Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
I got forty red, white and blue shoestrings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things?
And Louie the King said "Let me think for a minute son"
And he said "Yes, I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61"
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
"My complexion" she says "is much too white"
He said "Come here and step into the light"
He said "Hmm you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done"
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61
Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored
Tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said "I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61"

"His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"

"His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"


I look at him and he looks at me
In his eyes I see the sea
Don't see what he sees in a girl like me
He says he loves me
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles
Far as I can see he loves me
His eyes, his eyes
His eyes are a blue million miles

"Holy Waters"

"Holy Waters"


On a pitch black highway lookin' for a road
Sleepin' on a stormy bed, honey, who will be your coat
Came to be my drivin' wheel, you came to be my man
Now you're rollin' like a baby boy in the backseat of a van
Holy waters, holy way
Holy waters, sweetest way
Mississippi and Missouri
Where the sun swims with the moon
Rainbows run through chapel rooms
Pourin' honey by the spoon
In came to bring you watermelon
Bring you scented wine
Now I'm burning up in hot breath
And the rivers rollin' out of time
Holy waters, holy way
Holy waters, sweetest way
I listen to a seashell out on a purple shore
I heard a song so wild and sweet it moved me to the core
So while the road is dancin' you let your love know how
Move it like the ocean and the waves from here tonight
Holy waters, holy way
Holy waters, sweetest way
Holy waters, holy way
Holy waters, sweetest way
Holy waters, holy way
Holy waters, sweetest way
Holy waters, holy way
Holy waters, sweetest way

"How Sweet It Is"
(originally by Marvin Gaye)

"How Sweet It Is"
(originally by Marvin Gaye)



How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you
I needed the shelter of someone's arms and there you were
I needed someone to understand my ups and downs and there you were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you
I close my eyes at night
Wondering where would I be without you in my life
Everything I did was just a bore
Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you
You were better for me than I was for myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you