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song: Pensacola
artist: Joan Osborne
album: Relish
released: 1995-03-21length: 4:28
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Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey

Well, I found him in Pensacola
In a trailer in the sand
The man from the picture
Creased and yellow in my hand
Creased and yellow in my hand

He was squinting and stubbled
And standing in the door
He said, "If you've come to take the car away
I don't have it anymore
I don't have it anymore"

Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey

He got the gospel on the radio
And the gospel on TV
He got all of the transcripts
Back to 1963
Back to 1963

He said, "I sold my blood for money
There wasn't any pain
But I just can't stand the feeling
It's in someone else's veins"
It's in someone else's vei-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Vei-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey

Mama took me aside
And she tried to change my mind
She said, "Don't waste your time in looking
There's nothin', nothin' left to find
Nothin', nothin' left to find"

So I left him in Pensacola
In a trailer in the sand
The man from the picture
Creased and yellow in my hand
Creased and yellow in my ha-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yay-yay
Hey-hey, yay-yay
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey
Hey-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey, yeah-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey
Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country. She is best known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian-penned song "One of Us" from her debut album, Relish (1995). Both the single and the album became worldwide hits and garnered a combined seven Grammy Award nominations. Osborne has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002).

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Comments ( 51 )
Posted 12 years ago by david927:
Sweaty and glorious.  It is one of those rare cases where the lyrics are so powerful that they seem to reach up and create the music out of angst and fervor.  Glorious.
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Posted 5 years ago by aelfheld:
Lyrics are hard.
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Posted 9 years ago by dancnbarefoot:
God how I love this song. haters be gone with your bad taste.
 
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Posted 9 years ago by martinc:
Nice guitar break.That's not yodeling. Come on. 
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Posted 12 years ago by hippiechick:
This song always fascinates me.
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Posted 4 years ago by chyk5:
i'm usually indifferent to Joan, but the vocals on this are fantastic. 
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Posted 3 years ago by bimmerfan739:
 david927 wrote:

Sweaty and glorious.  It is one of those rare cases where the lyrics are so powerful that they seem to reach up and create the music out of angst and fervor.  Glorious.


"Sweaty and glorious." Perfect!
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Posted 3 years ago by kquinn03:
I've been listening to RP for a few hours today and when this song came on, BOOM! Had to turn it up. 
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Posted 12 years ago by d-don:
Yodelin' in the valley...
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Posted 12 years ago by NeuroGeek:
I usually like Joan (saw her live once, and have tremendous respect for her vocal abilities), but this is just too yodel-ly.   
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Posted 12 years ago by railroadwail:
Good tune, when you think about its paternity story.
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Posted 13 years ago by Ears_of_Stone:
Wow, powerful song. I know someone who met their birth father and left them behind as well. This may or may not be autobiographical for Joan, I do not know.

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Posted 4 years ago by jodoc45:
Haunting song- a daughter with only an old picture of the father who left years ago for whom she's searched.  Nothing left to find
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Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc:
dancnbarefoot wrote:
God how I love this song. haters be gone with your bad taste.
 
 
Yeah, Great Tune. Thanks RP.
Maybe Haters would prefer the Hooters.
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Posted 4 years ago by deadheadmark:
ckcotton wrote:
from the brilliance of The Police to this.... disappointing indeed
 
From pop radio song to no one you have probably heard before.  I've seen her live... in 2003 I believe.  She, and a few other guest musicians played... toured with The Dead.. 1st tour after Jerry passed.  She was in good company.

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Posted 5 years ago by Punkysoup:
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Posted 6 years ago by xray38:
I actually thought she was Ozzy's daughter for a while, but even when I did, I thought..."how could that be?"
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Posted 9 years ago by JasondotG:
Cloud Cult
Nick Drake
Radiohead
Air
Snow Patrol
The Donnis Trio
Gomez
C - C - C - Combo Breaker Joan Osborne! 

:(  
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Posted 3 years ago by Jelani:
 ExploitingChaos wrote:

That's bangin' as the kids say these days
Never heard anything just quite like this




They still say that?
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Posted 3 years ago by Jelani:
Great song lyrics, but the yodeling and wailing are too screamy for me to enjoy it.
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