LYRICS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3n59b13Yw " Paper Angels " is a song co-written by Julian Williams and recorded by American country music artist Jimmy Wayne . It was released in October 2004 as the fourth single from his debut album Jimmy Wayne . Wayne wrote the song with Don Sampson. The song is about The Salvation Army 's Angel Tree Program, in which the organization decorates a Christmas tree with paper angels representing real children of families in need. It is in a moderately slow tempo and the key of A major , with a main chord pattern of A-E/G♯-F♯m7-D. Wayne, who received his first guitar through the Program when in his early teens, later wrote a novel, also titled Paper Angels , about a family which is assisted by The Salvation Army's program. A made-for-TV movie, which is also called Paper Angels and was inspired by the hit song and the novel, was released in November 2014 (full movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIiEdaNZ32Q ). The song received a favorable review from Thom Jurek of Allmusic , who wrote that "as the power chords and mandolin entwine around his reaching vocals and cascading acoustic guitar, we come to understand that he [Wayne] can understand that he can sing this way because he's been one of these children." - more at Wikipedia #music #country #tangled