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The Want of a Nail - Todd Rundgren



     
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Ive been wrong, I had plans so big
But the devils in the details
I left out one thing no one to love me
No one to love me, no one to loveFor the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost, yeah
World was lost, world was lostYeah, 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 lostFor the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
World was lost, world was lostFor 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 lostFor the want of a nail, the world was lost
For the want of a nail, the world was lost
World was lost, world was lostIve been wrong, I had plans so big
But the devils in the details
I left out one thing, no one to love me

No one to love me, no one, no one to love me
I said no one to loveYoure askin, "Whats all this talk about horses and war?"
Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge
Day after day you live a life without love
Til the morning you cant take it anymore and you dont get upMultiply it a billion times spread it all round the world
Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl
Until everybodys kicking, everybodys scratching
Everything seems to fail and it was all for the want of a nailTell me what else could the answer be, oh yeah
Dont hold back now
For the want of a nail, the world was lostWorld was lost
World was lost
World was lost
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Todd Rundgren is an American singer, songwriter, and producer who started in the 60s with the psychedelic band Nazz in Philadelphia. His solo career started out successfully with such hits as I Saw The Light and Hello It's Me (which was a reworked Nazz tune). He formed a band called Utopia (or Todd Rundgren's Utopia) which concentrated on eccentric progressive epics, while also continuing to release solo albums. His production work started early, with work for Sparks and the New York Dolls, and continued with Meat Loaf, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, and many others.

Todd Rundgren is well known among his fans as being an electronic music revolutionary. His production techniques, and his belief that he has ability to play just about any instrument at a mastery level, allowed him to release some of the most honest and personal music of his time. Many of his solo albums, including Something/Anything were made completely by himself. That is, he played all the instruments, sang all the vocals, did all of the recording, editing, mixing, and mastering, and even distributed the album through his own record label, Bearsville. In the particular case of Something/Anything, there was actually one side (side 4) which featured songs performed by a studio band, placed on the album to show Todd's ability in working with musicians.

For over thirty years now, Todd Rundgren has had a very successful musical career. He recently fronted, recorded and toured with the band The New Cars, which featured two of his own band members, and two of the remaining The Cars members. In addition, he released a solo album in 2004 entitled Liars, which featured the recurring theme of deceit and broken promises. He toured with a strong band for this album, which included his long-time bassist Kasim Sulton, and former The Tubes drummer, Prarie Prince.

On September 29th, 2008 Rundgren released his 20th studio album "Arena" via Cooking Vinyl Records in the UK (Hi-Fi Recordings in the USA), to critical acclaim.

2011 found him covering Robert Johnsons songs on stage as well as on a CD called "Todd Rundgren's Johnson"

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