<Li> In Essentials of Corporate Finance Seventh Edition by Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan, on page 350, in the discussion of systematic and unsystematic risk, the impact of an enterprise, no matter how small, to the economy is compared to the impact of the nail to the kingdom . </Li> <P> 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 message was lost, For want of a message, the battle was lost, For want of a battle, the war was lost, For want of a war, the kingdom was lost, For want of a nail, the world was lost' The Want of a Nail" </P> <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> <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>

For want of a nail the shoe was lost song