Almost

(album: The Staple Swingers - 1971)

(Almost, almost, almost, almost)

The saddest word I ever heard is almost
'Cause it means that whatever you tried
You didn't make it, people
Almost, yeah

Take a girl who's in love with a guy
She's too shy to show it
And when she finally wants to tell him so
Another girl has him going
You see there she almost
She almost

Listen everybody
Listen to what I have to say
(Whatcha gonna say)
It's gonna happen to all of us in this life
In some kind of way
I have to say
Yeah yeah I almost

Now take the man
Who's saving a plan his whole life through
Only to find he ran out of time
He didn't live to see his dream come true
Oh but if he had
He almost, well
He almost
Almost I'm trying to tell ya
Almost
That man almost made it
Almost
Saddest word I ever heard
Well, I [?]
Don't let me [?]
Almost
Almost
Almost
It's a word I'm using [?]
Dirty dirty word I know [?]
I almost I almost I almost made it this time
I don't wanna have to say almost
Ya see I, ya see I just-a
I wanna make it y'all...