<Ul> <Li> Todd Rundgren 's song `` The Want of a Nail '' from his album Nearly Human uses the rhyme as a metaphor for a man who has lived his entire life without love , and how , if you `` multiply it a billion times '' and `` spread it all over the world , '' things fall apart . A cover of Rundgren 's version is also used in the 2003 film Camp as the cast is introduced at the end of the film . </Li> <Li> Aesop Rock 's song `` No City '' from his album None Shall Pass samples a voice reading the proverb , setting the tone for the idiosyncratic rap . </Li> <Li> Tom Waits 's song `` Misery Is the River of the World '' from his album Blood Money includes the line `` for want of a nail , a shoe was lost '' as well as several other variations on the theme . </Li> <Li> Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer wrote a translated version of the song called `` HaKol Biglal Masmer '' ( All Because of a Nail ) . </Li> <Li> Newsboys song `` It 's All Who You Know '' from the album Take Me to Your Leader is based on variations of the theme </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Todd Rundgren 's song `` The Want of a Nail '' from his album Nearly Human uses the rhyme as a metaphor for a man who has lived his entire life without love , and how , if you `` multiply it a billion times '' and `` spread it all over the world , '' things fall apart . A cover of Rundgren 's version is also used in the 2003 film Camp as the cast is introduced at the end of the film . </Li> <Li> Aesop Rock 's song `` No City '' from his album None Shall Pass samples a voice reading the proverb , setting the tone for the idiosyncratic rap . </Li> <Li> Tom Waits 's song `` Misery Is the River of the World '' from his album Blood Money includes the line `` for want of a nail , a shoe was lost '' as well as several other variations on the theme . </Li> <Li> Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer wrote a translated version of the song called `` HaKol Biglal Masmer '' ( All Because of a Nail ) . </Li> <Li> Newsboys song `` It 's All Who You Know '' from the album Take Me to Your Leader is based on variations of the theme </Li> </Ul>
for want of a nail the shoe was lost song
for want of a nail the shoe was lost song
Todd Rundgren 's song `` The Want of a Nail '' Aesop Rock 's song `` No City '' Tom Waits 's song `` Misery Is the River of the World '' Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer wrote a translated version of the song called `` HaKol Biglal Masmer '' Newsboys song `` It 's All Who You Know ''
Todd Rundgren 's song `` The Want of a Nail '' Aesop Rock 's song `` No City '' Tom Waits 's song `` Misery Is the River of the World '' Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer wrote a translated version of the song called `` HaKol Biglal Masmer '' Newsboys song `` It 's All Who You Know ''