Strenuous Acquaintances
Written by Joan Osborne
From Mr. Wrong Soundtrack

I take my baby to the cornfield
I lay him down between the rows
I ask him if he really loves me
He tells me only heaven knows

If I owned a TV station
This is the message I would send:
A hundred strenuous acquaintances can't meet the loss of one true friend

Give me his old Montana jacket
His favorite shirt is Panama
And I can tell you where he's buried
Tell you the last thing that he saw, saw...
I am the keeper of your fetish
There is so much that you don't know
You're gonna drown in your own bathtub
You're gonna miss me when I go

If I owned that big transmitter
This is the message I would send:
A hundred strenuous acquaintances can't meet the loss of one true friend

And on the mornings after parties
I pick the bottles from the floor
I open every single window
I cough until my ribs are sore
Callin' out to all you vampires,
"I got molasses in my veins!
I think it's time I should be leavin'
And you can fight for my remains!"

For every word on every paper
For every dollar you will spend
A strenuous acquaintances can't meet the loss of one true friend
The loss of one true friend




» 100 Years
» 4 Camels
» An Uncommon Love
» Angel Face
» At Last
» Axis: Bold As Love
» Baby Love
» Beautiful Side of Madness
» Billie Listens
» Billie Listens (to your heartbeat)
» Brick House
» Bring Me Some Water
» Chimes of Freedom
» Crazy Baby
» Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
» Dracula Moon
» Dreamin About the Day
» Dreamin' About The Day
» Dreaming About The Day
» Everybody Is A Star
» Fingerprints
» Flyaway
» Get Up Jack
» Go Where I Send Thee
» Grand Illusion
» Hand In Mine
» Help Me
» His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
» How Sweet It Is
» Hurricane
» I'll Be Around
» If I Was Your Man
» Just A Bill
» Ladder
» Let's Just Get Naked
» Lets Just Get Naked
» Love Is Alive
» Lumina
» Make You Feel My Love
» Man In The Long Black Coat
» Match Burn Twice
» Misanthropic Man
» My Back Pages
» Nothing to Believe In
» On The Old Kentucky Shore
» One Of Us
» Only You Know And I Know
» Passin' Thru
» Pensacola
» Poison Apples
» Poison Apples (Hallelujah)
» Raglan Road
» Right Hand Man
» Righteour Love
» Righteous Love
» Running Out Of Time
» Runnng Out Of TIme
» Safety In Numbers
» Saint Teresa
» Smiling Faces Sometimes
» Son Of A Preacher Man
» Spider Web
» St Teresa
» Strenuous Acquaintances
» The Weight
» These Arms of Mine
» Think
» To Your Heartbeat
» War
» Warmer Days
» Wayfarin' Stranger
» WHAT IF GOD SMOKED CANNIBUS
» What If God Was One Of Us
» What You Gonna Do
» Why Can't We Live Together
» Wild World

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