Oh Oscar, I thought I wanted you But now I'm here in the crux In the dark and the dust In the cold and the damp 'Neath the old fashioned lamp And I am soberly lured By the day I've endured As I trace my steps back to the start Oh Oscar, your veneer's golden mirth My career's natural birth and it's ultimate fall I found a couple flints to make a spark And set a fire in their hearts Oh Oscar, like the tree bursts in snow All I wanted was to know If there's anyone like me A single person who can see In this whole goddamned country