The saddest story ever told oh Lord,
Oh, where do I begin?
The saddest story ever told oh Lord, is what might have been.

I left you my dear, now I regret it,
The way in time my heart will come to forget it.
Well, I´ve got to have somebody to hold, oh Lord,
I´ve got to have somebody to hold.

Lost without you with no tears left to cry,
Oh, my darlin´ child I´ll simply pine away,
And I,
I will simply pine away and die.
(I´ll pine away and die.)

The saddest story ever told oh Lord,
Oh, where do I begin?
The saddest story ever told oh Lord, is what might have been.

Down about my ears, the sky is falling,
And through all the tragedy can´t you hear me calling.
Well, I´ve got to have somebody to hold oh Lord,
I´ve got to have somebody, got to be bold.
I´m cryin´ out in the cold
We´ll I´ve got to have somebody to hold,
I´ve got to have somebody to hold.