The Want of a Nail (with Bobby Womack) - Todd Rundgren, Bobby Womack

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 nail, the world was lost

For the want of a nail, the 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

(such a tiny thing)

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

Yes and 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

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

(For the want of a nail)

Tell me what else could the answer be

(For the want of a nail)

(For the want of a nail)

Don’t hold back now

(For the want of a nail)

Hey hey

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

Want of a nail

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

Wooh

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

Don’t hold back now

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

Just a little tiny bit of love

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

Don’t hold back, don’t hold back

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

Give me all your love

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

Don’t hold back, don’t hold back

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

Hey, 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)

(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)…