WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US (2nd conditional)

Joan Osborne

____ had a name what would it be?

And would you______ it to his face?

If you were ______with Him in all His ______

What would you ask

if you had just one__________?

And yeah, yeah, God is ______

Yeah, yeah, God is ______

And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of ___?

Just a ______ like one of us

Just a _______ on the bus

Tryin' to make his ______home?

If God had a face what would it look ______?

And would you _______ see if, seeing meant

That you would have to _________in

things like ________

And in Jesus and the _______,

and all the prophets?

And yeah, yeah, God is great

Yeah, yeah, God is good

And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God _____ one of us?

Just a _____ like one of us

Just a ______ on the bus

Tryin' to make his ______ home?

Just tryin' to make his ______home

Like a holy ___________

Back up to heaven all _______

Just tryin' to make his ______ home

________ callin' on the phone

'Cept for the _______ maybe in _______

If _

KEY: THE WHOLE LYRICS WITH THE MISSING WORDS AND EXPLANATION OF VOCABULARIES.

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?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' 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?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?

Just tryin' to make his way home
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 .

QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION:

1. Is the speaker a believer? How can you say it?

2. What name, in your opinion, would suit Jesus?

3. What would you ask him, if you had just one question?

4. What would his face look like?

5. Who is a rolling stone?

6. Who is the Pope? What can you tell us about him?