The Want of a Nail

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, yeah World was lost, world was lost Yeah, 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 nail, the world was lost For the want of a nail, the world was lost World was lost, world 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 For the want of a nail, the world was lost For the want of a nail, the world was lost World was lost, world was lost 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, no one to love me I said no one to love You? re askin?, "What? s all this talk about horses and war?" Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge 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, oh yeah Don? t hold back now For the want of a nail, the world was lost World was lost World was lost World was lost