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 :pause: 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 :Music fades: