I've been wrong
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I had plans so big
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But the devil's in the details
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I left out one thing
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No one to love me
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No one to love me
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No one to love
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For the want of a nail, the world was lost
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For the want of a nail, the world was lost
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For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost
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For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost
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For the want of a horse, the rider was lost
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For the want of a rider, the message was lost
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For the want of a rider, the message was lost
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For the want of a message, the battle was lost
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For the want of a battle, the war was lost
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For the want of a war, the kingdom was lost
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(Such a tiny thing)
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You're askin'
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What's all this talk about horses and war?
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Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge
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And day after day you live a life without love
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'Til the morning you can't take it anymore
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And you don't get up
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Multiply it a billion times
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Spread it all 'round the world
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Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl
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Until everybody's kicking, everybody's scratching
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Everything seems to fail
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And it was all for the want of a nail
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Tell me what else could the answer be
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Don't hold back now
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Give me all your love
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Just a little more love
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A little tiny bit of love
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The Want of a Nail
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Todd Rundgren |