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Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville, Osborne moved to New York City in the late 1980s, where she formed her own record label, Womanly Hips, to release a few independent recordings. She signed with Mercury Records, and released her first full length album, Soul Show: Live at Delta 88, in 1991. Her second (and first major label) album was Relish (1995), which became a hit on the strength of the single "One of Us". Apart from this song, the rest of the album was steeped in country, blues and folk music. "Right Hand Man" and "St. Teresa" became minor hits following the success of "One of Us".
In 2001, Osborne appeared on Austin City Limits, singing material mainly from Righteous Love. In a brief interview segment at the end of the episode, Osborne reflects on her gladness to have gotten out of the limelight of her mid-90's stardom.
Tender as a peach
Someone I would love to teach
Started as a joke
Just a lazy little poke
Woke up one sweet day
And I could not run away
This will start to bleed
No I cannot take this speed
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
It was innocent
Wonder where your manners went
How was I to know
It would never let me go
Drag it through the mud
Will we ever see some blood
You would try to leave
Something I cannot conceive
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
Take me in your fist
Prove to me that you exist
Be as plain as day
Watch my body melt away
There in black and white
Victim of my appetite
Make me understand
Do you want to be the man?
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love (Baby Love)
I'm in Baby Love, yeah
(Baby Love)
(Baby Love)
I'm in a baby love and a'
I'm in a baby love and a'
I'm in a baby love again