I've been wrong

I've 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 me

And no one to love



For the want of a nail (the world was lost)

For the want of a nail (the world was lost)

The want of a nail

The want of a nail



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)

The want of a nail 

The want of a nail 



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)

The want of a nail 



I've been wrong

I've 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 me

And no one to love



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 around the world

Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl

Until everybody's kickin', everybody's scratchin'

Everything seems to fail,

And it was all for the want of a nail



The want of a nail 

The want of a nail (Tell me what else could the answer be)

The want of a nail (Not one thing)

The want of a nail 



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Want of a nail (The world was lost) 

The want of a nail (The world was lost)

The want of a nail (The world was lost)

The want of a nail 



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