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(originally by Harold Arlen 1939)
I could while away the hours, conferrinâ with the flowers
Consultinâ with the rain.
And my head Iâd be scratchinâ while
my thoughts were busy hatchinâ
If I only had a brain.
Iâd unravel every riddle for any individâle,
In trouble or in pain.
With the thoughts youâll be thinkinâ
you could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain.
Oh, I could tell you why The oceanâs near the shore.
I could think of things I never thunk before.
And then Iâd sit, and think some more.
I would not be just a nothinâ my head all full of stuffinâ
My heart all full of pain.
I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry,
If I only had a brain.
When a manâs an empty kettle he should be on his mettle,
And yet Iâm torn apart.
Just because Iâm presuminâ that I could be kind-a-human,
If I only had heart.
Iâd be tender â Iâd be gentle and awful sentimental
Regarding Love and Art.
Iâd be friends with the sparrows â¦
and the boys who shoots the arrows
If I only had a heart.
Picture me â a balcony. Above a voice sings low.
Wherefore art thou, Romeo? I hear a beatâ¦.
How sweet.
Just to register emotion, jealousy â devotion,
And really feel the part.
I could stay young and chipper
and Iâd lock it with a zipper,
If I only had a heart.
The Nerve
Yeh, itâs sad, believe me, Missy,
When youâre born to be a sissy
Without the vim and verve.
But I could show my prowess, be a lion not a mou-ess
If I only had the nerve.
Iâm afraid thereâs no denyinâ Iâm just a dandelion,
A fate I donât deserve.
Iâd be brave as a blizzardâ¦.
Iâd be gentle as a lizardâ¦.
Iâd be clever as a gizzardâ¦.
If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve.
Then Iâm sure to get a brain, a heart, a home, the nerve!
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