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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Written by joan osborne, jack petruzelli, erik della penna, & mike mangini
I am a genius
I am a diamond
My pretty tongue gives you a freezer burn
I think above you in three dimensions
Come in here, you can never return
(chorus)
Like a hurricane
In the face of the wind and the rain
Like a hurricane
When you open you open a vein
I see your headlights across my ceiling
You are a puppet of a wish I made
They never touch me, they say Im crazy
I was born from my mothers brain, my mothers brain
(chorus)
Like a hurricane
In the face of the wind and the rain
Like a hurricane
When you open you open a vein
You plant a seed in my mind
I walk around and I speak your message
For myself I dont know what to say
I walk around and I speak your message
(chorus)
Like a hurricane
In the face of the wind and the rain
Like a hurricane
When you open you open a vein
Give me more give me more novocain