If I Only Had a Brain

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.)