Jackson Browne - 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 cant scare anybody.They come from miles aroundTo 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 pleasinJust to reason out the reasonOf the wishes and the whyness and the whenceIf 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 hoursConferin with the flowersConsultin with the rainAnd my head Id be scratchinWhile my thoughts were busy hatchinIf I only had a brain.Id unravel every riddle,For every individle,In trouble or in pain.With the thoughts Id be thinkin,I could be another lincoln,If I only had a brain.Oh i-- could tell you why,The oceans near the shore.I could think of things I never thought before,Then Id 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 whyThe oceans near the shore.I could think of things I never thought beforeAnd then Id sit-- and think some more.Ya, it would be kind of pleasinTo reason out the reason,For the things I cant explain.Then perhaps Id 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.)
