"If I Only Had a Brain/Heart/Nerve" is a song from The Wizard of Oz. Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. It was sung by the Scarecrow, Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.
If I Only Had a Brain Lyrics[]
If I Only had a Brain
If I Only Had A Brain (Extended Version)
If I Only Had A Brain - From LP Songs 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 individ'le, In trouble or in pain.
Dorothy:
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin' You could be another Lincoln If you only had a brain.
Scarecrow:
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. I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry, If I only had a brain.
"Gosh it would be awful pleasin' to reason out the reason, for stuff I can't explain.
And perhaps I'll deserve ya, and be even worthy 'erv ya, if I only had a brain."
If I Only Had a Heart Lyrics[]
If I Only had a Heart
If I Only Had A Heart (Extended Version)
Tin Man:
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 kind-a-human, If I only had 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 boys who shoots the arrows If I only had a heart. Picture me - a balcony. Above a voice sings low.
Adriana Caselotti:
Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
Tin Man:
I hear a beat.... How sweet. Just to register emotion, jealousy - devotion, And really feel the part. I could stay young and chipper and I'd lock it with a zipper, If I only had a heart.
If I Only Had The Nerve Lyrics[]
If I Only had the Nerve
If I Only Had The Nerve
Cowardly Lion:
Yeh, it's sad, believe me, Missy When you're born to be a sissy Without the vim and verve
But I could show my prowess Be a lion, not a mouse If I only had the nerve
I'm afraid there's no denying I'm just an awful dandy-lion A fate I don't deserve
I'd be brave as a blizzard
Tin Man:
I'd be gentle as a lizard
Scarecrow:
I'd be clever as a gizzard
Dorothy:
If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve?
Scarecrow:
Then I'm sure to get a brain
Tin Man:
A heart,
Dorothy:
A home,
Cowardly Lion:
The nerve
Trivia[]
- The last verse of "If I Only Had a Brain" only appears on the soundtrack, and disappeared from the movie along with a two-minute dance interlude:
Gosh, it would be awful pleasin'/To reason out the reason/For things I can't explain/Then perhaps I'll deserve you/And be even worthy of you/If I only had a brain.