OSCAR WAS AN ANGEL
AND HE USED TO
WALK THE STREETS
SHOUTIN' OUT
SOME PROPHECIES
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 LENGTH
OF MAIN STREET
HE'D BE SHOUTIN'
ALL THE WAY
AND I HAD NO IDEA
WHERE HE'D 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 SOME DAY
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
WELL I WORKED AT
THE RIALTO
I SOLD TICKETS
AT THE DOOR
AND OSCAR
HE'D COME BY
MOST EVERY DAY
'BOUT 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
AND 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 SOME DAY
AND WHAT YOU ARE
IN THIS WORLD
DON'T COUNT
FOR NOTHIN'
FOR WE ARE
ONLY CHILDREN
WE'RE JUST LOST
ALONG THE WAY
BUT WE WILL ALL BE
ANGELS SOMEDAY
WELL IT'S GOIN' 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 NOWHERE
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 A 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 SOME DAY
AND WHAT YOU ARE
IN THIS WORLD
DON'T COUNT
FOR NOTHIN'
FOR 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