If I Only Had a Brain Lyrics

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Scarecrow: (SAID A SCARECROW SWINGING ON A POLE
           TO A BLACKBIRD SITTING ON A FENCE,
           "OH THE LORD GAVE ME A SOUL BUT
           FORGOT TO GIVE ME COMMON SENSE"
Crows:     SAID THE BLACKBIRD, "WELL, WELL, WELL
           WHAT IN THUNDER WOULD YOU DO WITH COMMON SENSE?"
Scarecrow: SAID THE SCARECROW, "T'WOULD BE PLEASIN'
           JUST TO REASON OUT THE REASON
           OF THE WHICHNESS AND THE WHYNESS AND THE WHENCE
           IF I HAD AN OUNCE OF COMMON SENSE)
           I COULD WILE AWAY THE HOURS
           CONFERRING WITH THE FLOWERS, CONSULTING WITH THE RAIN
           AND MY HEAD I'D BE SCRATCHING WHILE MY THOUGHTS WERE BUSY HATCHING
           IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
           I'D UNRAVEL ANY RIDDLE
           FOR ANY INDIVID'LE IN TROUBLE OR PAIN
Dorothy:   WITH THE THOUGHTS YOU'D BE THINKING YOU COULD BE ANOTHER LINCOLN
           IF YOU ONLY HAD A BRAIN
Scarecrow: OH I COULD TELL YOU WHY THE OCEAN'S NEAR THE SHORE
           I COULD THINK OF THINGS I NEVER THUNK BEFORE
           AND THEN I'D SIT AND THINK SOME MORE
           I WOULD NOT BE JUST A NUFFIN'
           MY HEAD ALL FULL OF STUFFIN', MY HEART ALL FULL OF PAIN
           I WOULD DANCE AND BE MERRY, LIFE WOULD BE A DING-A-DERRY
           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 THUNK BEFORE
           AND THEN I'D SIT AND THINK SOME MORE
           GOSH IT WOULD BE AWFUL PLEASIN'
           TO REASON OUT THE REASON FOR THINGS I CAN'T EXPLAIN
           THEN PERHAPS I'D DESERVE AND BE EVEN WORTHY ERV YA
           IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN!)