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