Oscar The Angel

Oscar was an angel and he used to walk the streets
 Shoutin' out some prophesies at everyone he'd meet
 He was a local fixture; like a cop out on a beat
 Folks said he'd been shell-shocked long ago
 And more than that for no one seemed to know
 Oscar was a walker; at least four miles twice a day
 The entire lenght of Main Street he'd be shoutin' all the way
 And I had no idea where he heard the things he'd say
 But he was not your normal voice of doom;
 It was a happy song, sung slightly out of tune
 And he'd say, "Everyone will die and go to heaven
 And we will all be angels someday
 And what you are in this world don't count for nothin'
 'Cause we are only children, we're just lost along the way,
 But we will all be angels someday"
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 Well, I worked at the Rialto; I sold tickets at the door
 And Oscar, he'd come by most everyday by half past four
 And he'd pay to see some movie
 That he'd seen ten times before
 But mostly we'd just let him in for free
 Then he'd watch five minutes,
 Then he'd come and talk to me
 And he'd say, "Everyone will die and go to heaven
 And we will all be angels someday
 And what you are in this world don't count for nothin'
 'Cause we are only children, we're just lost along the way,
 But we will all be angels someday"
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 Well, it's going on ten years now
 Since I left my hometown
 And I went back last summer
 For a week I hung around
 I looked out for Oscar, he was no where to be found
 And someone said they finally had to commit him
 And he died before they had time to forget him
 Now, I'm not about to argue,
 Oscar's train had jumped the track
 But I'll bet my last dollar on the plain and simple fact
 Oscar never said a word about me behind my back
 And the way that I was raised to understand
 Well, that alone, it makes him the better man
 And he'd say, "Everyone will die and go to heaven
 And we will all be angels someday
 And what you are in this world don't count for nothin'
 'Cause we are only children, we're just lost along the way,
 But we will all be angels someday"
 Yeah, we will all be angels someday...