Almost - The Staple Singers

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 tryin' 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…