Anna Calvi - God's Lonely Man (feat. Iggy Pop)

Song of the Day

Minnesota Public Radio

Music Commentary, Music

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Today’s Song of the Day is “God's Lonely Man (feat. Iggy Pop)” from Anna Calvi’s album Is This All There Is?, out March 20.

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0:00.0	Wake up to the night five pills.
0:05.0	Don't call call you in the night. I'm just a hot throbbing rib bone.
0:25.6	I want to be so shapeless, shameless, shameless on your back go so, so, so, so.
0:32.6	I want to do more than just survive.
0:36.6	I want to do more than just to survive I want to be somebody tonight
0:40.3	I want to be somebody
0:42.3	because I'm God's no man
0:46.3	Oh
0:50.3	I want a blue sky
0:52.3	Kallad Climb back back to backed up, manned up, smooth talking love top.
0:59.0	But now bounding caged up, times up, fist up the nights go so, so, so, so slow.
1:05.0	I want to do more than just survive. I want to be somebody tonight. I want to do more than just survive I want to be somebody tonight
1:12.6	I want to be somebody
1:15.6	because I'm God's lonely man Oh
1:28.3	Oh
1:31.3	God's God's God's
1:47.0	I'm gonna light my body on fire
2:03.6	I wanna know what is this desire
2:07.6	I wanna feel my body to find
2:11.6	I wanna be somebody tonight
2:14.6	I wanna do more than just survive
2:18.3	I want to let my body on fire
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