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)

SeeI 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

"ohthe lord gave me a soul

Butforgot to give me common sense."

Said the blackbirds"wellwellwell.

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)

(wellwhat 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.

Yait 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.)