REQ: Wizard of OZ....Scarecrow...IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
Frank Lenihan
Wayne Garvin
(posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Frank Lenihan)
On 1 Feb 97 05:34:34 GMT "Frank Lenihan" <fi...@link2000.net> wrote:
>REQ: Wizard of OZ....Scarecrow...IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
>I was looking for all the lyrics for this song. Any help is greatly
>appreciated.
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN (IF I ONLY HAD A HEART)(IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE)
- words by E.Y. Harburg, music by Harold Arlen
- from "The Wizard Of Oz"
(Scarecrow)
I could while away the hours conferrin' with the flowers,
consultin' with the rain
And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain
I'd unravel every riddle for any individle
in trouble or in pain
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin', I could be another Lincoln
If I only had a brain
Oh, I could tell you why the ocean's near the shore
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit
And think some more
I would not be just a nuffin', my head all full of stuffin'
my heart all full of pain
And perhaps I'd deserve you and be even worthy of you
If I only had a brain
(Tin Woodsman)
When a man's an empty kettle he should be on his mettle
and yet I'm torn apart
Just because I'm presumin' that I could be kinda human
If I only had a heart
I'd be tender, I'd be gentle and awful sentimental
regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows and the boy that shoots the arrows
If I only had a heart
Picture me, a balcony, above a voice sings low
"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?"
I hear a beat
How sweet!
Just to register emotion, jealousy, devotion
and really feel the part
I would stay young and chipper and I'd lock it with a zipper
If I only had a heart
(Cowardly Lion)
Life is sad, believe me missy, when you're born to be a sissy
without the vim and verve
But I could change my habits, nevermore be scared of rabbits
If I only hard the nerve
I'm afraid there's no denyin' I'm just a dandylion
a fate I don't deserve
But I could show my prowess, be a lion not a mowess
If I only had the nerve
Oh, I'd be in my stride, a king down to the core
Oh, I'd roar the way I never roared before
And then I'd rrrwoof
And roar some more
I would show the dinosaurus who's king around the fores'
a king they'd better serve
Why with my regal beezer, I could be another Caesar
If I only had the nerve
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