If I Only Had a Brain chords by Karin Plato
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Said the
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scarecrow swingin' on a pole
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To a blackbird sittin' on a fence
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Oh, the Lord gave me a soul,
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but forgot to give me
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common sense.
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If I had an ounce of common sense,
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I could while away the hours
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conferring with the flowers,
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consulting with the rain.
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And my head I'd be scratching
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while my thoughts were busy hatching
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if I only had a brain.
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If I only had a brain.
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I'd unravel every riddle
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for any individual in trouble
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or in pain
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With the thoughts I'd be thinking
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I could be another Lincoln
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If I only had a brain
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If I only had a brain
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Oh, I could tell you why
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The ocean's near the shore
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I could think of things
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I never thought before
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An d then I'd sit and think some more
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I would not be just a nothing
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My head all full of stuff
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And my heart filled full of pain
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Perhaps I deserve you
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And be even worthy of you
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If I only had a brain
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If I only had a brain,
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if I only had a brain
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do do
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Said a tin man rattling his ribs
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To a straw man's sad and weary eyed
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Oh, the Lord gave me ten ribs,
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but forgot to put a heart inside.
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And then he banged his
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hollow chest and cried,
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when a man's an empty kettle,
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he should be on his metal.
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And yet I'm torn apart.
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Just because I'm presuming
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that I could be kind of human
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if I only had a heart
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I'd be tender, I'd be gentle and awful
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sentimental regarding love and art
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I'd be friends with the sparrows
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and the boy that shoots the arrows
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If I only had a heart
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Picture me, a balcony,
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above a voice sings low
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Wherefore art thou Romeo?
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I hear a beat, how sweet
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jealousy, devotion,
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really feel the part.
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I would stay young and chipper,
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and I'd lock it with a zipper,
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if I only had a heart, if
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if I only had a heart
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Said the scarecrow swinging on a pole
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To a blackbird sitting on a fence
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Oh, the Lord gave me a soul
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But forgot to give me
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Outro 1
Common sense
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If I Only Had a Brain
Karin Plato
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