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 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