Singer Joan Osborne was born on July 8, 1962, in the town of Anchorage, KY, but it wasn't until relocating to New York City in the early '90s (to study at N.Y.U.'s film school) that she began to take a singing career seriously after singing Billie Holiday's classic "God Bless the Child" at a local bar's "open mic night." In addition to Holiday, Osborne looked to such legendary vocalists as Etta James and Ray Charles as role models, as the up-and-coming singer decided not to cater to major record companies and formed her own label, Womanly Hips, which resulted in such releases as 1992's in-concert Soul Show, among others. But eventually, Osborne decided to sign on with a major label, Mercury, which in turn issued the singer's next release, Relish, in March of 1995. The album proved to have a long life, as almost a year after its initial release the track "One of Us" became a massive MTV and radio smash, camping out at the number one spot on the U.S. singles chart for two weeks and Relish eventually racked up sales of three million copies. Further tracks ("Right Hand Man" and "St.
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Crazy Baby Lyrics

Joan Osborne

And your hands are really shakin somethin awful
As you light your twenty-seventh cigarette
Oh, how long have you been sittin in the darkness
You forget...
Oh, you know youre gettin really hard to be with
And youre cryin every time you turn around
And you wonder why you cannot pick your head up
Off the ground...
Oh, my crazy baby
Try to hold on tight
Oh, my crazy baby
Dont put out the light...
The light, the light, the light
And they look at you like they dont speak your language
And youre living at the bottom of a well
And youve swallowed all the awful bloody secrets
But you cant tell...
Oh, you know you ought to get yourself together
But you cannot bear to walk outside your door
No, you cannot bear to look into the mirror
Anymore...
Oh, my crazy baby
Try to hold on tight
Oh, my crazy baby
Dont put out the light...
The light, the light, the light
And your hands are really shakin somethin awful
As your worries climb around inside your clothes
Oh, how long will you be sittin in the darkness
Heaven knows...
Oh, my crazy baby
Try to hold on tight
Oh, my crazy baby
Dont put out the light...
The light, the light, the light
The light...