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And so I dealt you the blow
When a bus had to go.
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go.
And so I fell to the floor.
And so I dealt you the blow.
And would you wanna see
if seeing men that you would have to believe
And would you wanna see
if seeing meant that you would have to believe
Barnabas is crying.
One of us is crying.
He ain't humble
He ain't home
I sold myself as a concealed attraction.
I saw myself as a concealed attraction.
Just a Slav like one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a slug like one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a slut like one of us.
Just a slob like one of us.
Just a spaniel on the bus
Just a stranger on the bus
Just a stagecoach on the bus
Just a stranger on the bus
Just a stranger all of us.
Just a stranger on the bus.
Just a stranger on the butt
Just a stranger on the bus
Just a strangler on the bus
Just a stranger on the bus
Just a stud like one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Like a hole in 'Rolling Stone'
Like a holy rolling stone
Like a hole in Rolling Stone
Like a holy rolling stone
Cover of the Joan Osborne song
One of us is Brian.
One of us is crying.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying, even though we bear
One of us is crying, one of us is lying In a lonely bed.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
Even only that.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
In a lonely bed.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
Even though he's dead.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
In a lonely bed.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
Hear my lonely beg.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
In a lonely bed.
One of us is lonely
One of us is only waiting for a hole.
One of us is lonely
One of us is only waiting for a call.
One of us is lonely
One of us is only, waiting for a hole.
One of us is lonely
One of us is only, waiting for a call.
One of us is lying, one of us is dying
One of us is dead.
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
In a lonely bed.
What if God shot one of us?
What if God was one of us?
What if Rod were one of us?
What if God was one of us?
Yeah, yeah, Johnny is green.
Yeah, yeah, God is great.
Yeah, yeah, that is great.
Yeah, yeah, God is great.
'Cept for the pub maybe in Rome.
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome.
And yeah, yeah, college is great
And yeah, yeah, God is great
I'm crystal clear
My picture clear
Just a stranger bites the dust
Just a stranger on the bus
Just there's danger one of us is trying to make his way home
Just a stranger on the bus, trying to make his way home
Molly Dodd was one of us
What if God was one of us?
What a spot was one of us
What if God was one of us?
What if Barney was one of us?
What if God was one of us?
What if God wants cannabis?
What if God was one of us?
Bob Rivers once parodied this song as "What if God smoked cannabis" (often misattributed to Weird Al).
What if God was watching us?
What if God was one of us?
What if I was one of us?
What if God was one of us?
What if Tom was one of us?
What if God was one of us?
When a bus is crying, when a bus is lying
One of us is crying, one of us is lying.
When a bus is lonely,
When a bus is falling, waiting for a car,
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feelings for,
Wishing she had never left Arthur.
One of us is lonely
One of us is only waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid, feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
Yeah, yeah, God, it is great
Yeah, yeah God is great