Don't hold back now
Want of a nail, the world was lost
Oh yeah, you're askin' what's all this talk about, horses and war?
For the want of a nail, the world was lost, ooh
No one to love me, no, no, no one to love me
Multiply it a billion times, spread it all 'round the world
For the want of a nail, shoe was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
(For the want of a nail)
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 world was lost
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 world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
(For the want of a nail)
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge
Yeah, for the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a message, the battle was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
No one to love me, no one to love me
Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
I've been wrong, I had plans so big
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
Yeah, for the want of a rider, the message was lost
Until everybody's kicking, everybody's scratching
For the want of a nail, the world was lost, oh yeah
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
(For the want of a nail)
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 world was lost
For the want of a horse, the rider was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
No one to love me, no one to love
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a war, the kingdom was lost
For the want of a battle, the war was lost
And day after day you live a life without love
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
Tell me what else could the answer be?
For the want of a rider, message was lost
'Til the morning, you can't take it anymore and you don't get up
Everything seems to fail and it was all for the want of a nail
(For the want of a nail)
For the want of a shoe, a horse was lost
Hey, hey, 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 world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
No one to love me, yes, I've no one to love
But the Devil's in the details, I left out one thing
