Oscar The Angel Song Lyrics and Chords by Randy Travis
Oscar The Angel
Recorded by Randy Travis
Written by Don Schlitz
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Oscar was an angel and he
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used to
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walk the
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streets
Shoutin' out some
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prophesies at
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everyone he'd
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meet
He was a
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local fixture like a
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cop out
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on a
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beat
Folks said he'd been
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shell shocked long
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that for no
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one seemed to
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know
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Oscar was a walker at least
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four miles
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twice a
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day
The entire length of
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Main Street he'd be
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shoutin' all the
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way
And I
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had no idea where he
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heard the
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things he'd
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say
But he was not your
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normal voice of
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doom
It was a
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happy song sung
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slightly out of
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tune
And he'd
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say everyone will
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die and go to
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heaven
And
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we will all be
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angels
some
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day
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And what
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you are in this
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world don't count for
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nothin'
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we are only
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children we're just
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lost along the
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we will
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all be angels
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some
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Well I worked at the Rialto I
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sold tickets
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at the
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door
And Oscar he'd come
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by most every
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day bout half past
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four
And he'd
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pay to see some movie that he'd
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seen ten
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times
be
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fore
But mostly we'd just
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let him in for
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free
Then he'd watch five
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minutes then he'd
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come and talk to
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me
Repeat #3
Well it's going on ten years now since
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I left
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my
home
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town
And I went back last
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summer for a
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week I hung
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around
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looked out for Oscar he was
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nowhere
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to be
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found
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finally had to
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commit
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died before
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they had time to
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forget
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Now I'm
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not about to argue Oscar's
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train had
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jumped the
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track
But I'll bet my last
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dollar on the
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plain and simple
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fact
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Oscar never said a word about
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me
be
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hind my
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back
And the way that I was
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raised to under
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stand
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that bone it
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makes him the better
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man
Repeat #3,4
Yeah
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we will
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all be angels
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some
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day
FAQ
Who sang the the song Oscar The Angel?
- The song Oscar The Angel was sang by Randy Travis.
Who is Randy Travis?
- Randy Bruce Traywick (born May 4, 1959), known professionally as Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor.Active from 1978 until being incapacitated by a stroke in 2013, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 50 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including sixteen that reached the No. 1 position. Considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music, Travis broke through in the mid-1980s with the release of his album Storms of Life, which sold more than four million copies. The album established him as a major force in the neotraditional country movement. Travis followed up his successful debut with a string of platinum and multi-platinum albums. He is known for his distinctive baritone vocals, delivered in a traditional style that has made him a country music star since the 1980s.
By the mid-1990s, Travis saw a decline in his chart success. In 1997, he left Warner Bros. Records for DreamWorks Records and then for Word Records, where he began recording more Christian material. Although the career shift produced only one more number-one country hit "Three Wooden Crosses", Travis went on to earn several Dove Awards, including Country Album of the Year five times. Since his stroke, which severely limited his singing and speaking ability, he has released archival recordings and made limited public appearances. In addition to his singing career, he pursued an acting career, appearing in numerous films and television series, including The Rainmaker (1997) with Matt Damon, Black Dog (1998) with Patrick Swayze, Texas Rangers (2001) with James Van Der Beek, National Treasure 2 (2007) and seven episodes of the Touched by an Angel television series.
Travis has sold over 25 million records and has won seven Grammy Awards, six CMA Awards, eleven ACM Awards, 10 AMA Awards, eight GMA Dove Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2016, Travis was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
