Oscar The Angel Lyrics - Randy Travis

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 

Refrain: 

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 

Refrain: 

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 bone, it makes him the better man 

Refrain: 

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...