The Want Of A Nail Lyrics by Todd Rundgren

The Want Of A Nail Lyrics

    I've been wrong
    I had plans so big
    But the devil's in the details
    I left out one thing
    No one to love me
    No one to love me
    No one to love

    For the want of a nail, the world was lost
    For the want of a nail, the world was lost

    For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost
    For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost
    For the want of a horse, the rider was lost
    For the want of a rider, the message was lost

    For the want of a rider, the message was lost
    For the want of a message, the battle was lost
    For the want of a battle, the war was lost
    For the want of a war, the kingdom was lost

    (such a tiny thing)

    You're askin'
    What's all this talk about horses and war?
    Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge
    And day after day you live a life without love
    'til the morning you can't take it anymore
    And you don't get up

    Multiply it a billion times
    Spread it all 'round the world
    Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl
    Until everybody's kicking, everybody's scratching
    Everything seems to fail
    And it was all for the want of a nail

    Tell me what else could the answer be
    Don't hold back now
    Give me all your love
    Just a little more love
    A little tiny bit of love

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