Jackson Browne If I Only Had A Brain Lyrics

If I Only Had A Brain Lyrics

(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.)