Lyrics

Joe Henry:

You've been sanctified

And I've been tried (I've been tried)

Guilty by association

You've been canonized

And I've been fried (I've been fried)

Guilty by association

Joe Henry & Madonna:

All the little loonies

With a salient obsession

Come out from the boonies

With their sharpies and their guns

And we're loaded with questions

Madonna:

Guilty by association

Guilty by association

Joe Henry

You've been idolized

And I've been tried (I've been tried)

Guilty by association

You've been terrorized

And I've been fried

Guilty by association

Joe Henry & Madonna:

All the little loonies

With a salient obsession

Come out from the boonies

With their sharpies and their guns

They're all loaded with questions

Loaded with questions

Loaded with questions (Loaded with questions)

Credits

Written by Vic Chesnutt

Produced by Patrick McCarthy and Joe Henry

Performed by Madonna and Joe Henry

Album

Sweet Relief II - Gravity of the Situation

Song

Madonna teamed up with brother-in-law Joe Henry for this contribution for the benefit album Sweet Relief II. The Sweet Relief Music Fund is a non-profit organisation which raises funds for musicians with medical and financial hardship.

According to a MTV interview, Joe Henry convinced Madonna to do this duet, after he had "lured her over with her sister's fantastic anchovy pasta".