Misery Is the River of the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by FishThatSwims 

Cover art for Misery Is the River of the World lyrics by Tom Waits

there's a mother goose type poem that goes something like this:

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost For want of a shoe, the horse was lost For want of a horse, the rider was lost For want of a rider, the battle was lost For want of a battle, the war was lost For want of a war, the country was lost All for the want of a horseshoe nail.