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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 length 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'

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'
For we are only children
We're just lost along the way
But we will all be angels someday'

Well, it's going on ten years now
Since I left my home town
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

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'
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