If I Only Had A Brain Lyrics by Jackson Browne

If I Only Had A Brain

[from the soundtrack album the wizard of oz in concert: dreams do come true; performed by jackson browne backed by ry cooder & david sanborn]

See, I cant scare anybody.
They come from miles around
To laugh in my face and eat in my field.

Said a scarecrow swinging on a pole,
To some blackbirds sittin on a fence,
"oh, the lord gave me a soul,
But, forgot to give me common sense."

Said the blackbirds, "well, well, well.
What the thunder would you do with common sense? "
Said the scarecrow,"would be pleasin
Just to reason out the reason
Of the wishes and the whyness and the whence"

If I had an once of common sense...
[if he had an ounce of common sense]

[well, what would you do scarecrow? "]

I would while away the hours
Conferin 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 every 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 thought before,
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 by merry,
Life would be a dingle derry,
If I only had a brain.

If I only had a brain
[if he only had a brain.]

I could tell you why
The oceans near the shore.
I could think of things I never thought before
And then Id sit and think some more.

Ya, it would be kind of pleasin
To reason out the reason,
For the things I cant explain.
Then perhaps Id deserve you,
And be even worthy of you,
If I only had a brain.

I could dance and by merry,
Life would be a dingle derry,
If I only had a brain.

If I only had a brain.
[if he only had a brain.]