Harold Arlen - If I Only Had A Brain/Heart/Nerve lyrics

Brain 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 With the thoughts you'll be thinkin' You could be another Lincoln If you 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 nothin' 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 Heart 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 Wherefore art thou, Romeo? 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 The Nerve 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 mou-ess If I only had the nerve I'm afraid there's no denyin' I'm just a dandelion A fate I don't deserve I'd be brave as a blizzard.... I'd be gentle as a lizard.... I'd be clever as a gizzard.... If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve Then I'm sure to get a brain, a heart, a home, the nerve!