If I Only Had the Nerve Lyrics

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Lion:        (SAID A LION, POOR NEUROTIC LION
             TO A MISS WHO LISTENED TO HIM RAVE
             OH THE LORD MADE ME A LION BUT
             THE LORD FORGOT TO MAKE ME BRAVE
             THEN HIS TAIL BEGAN TO CURL AND WAVE)
             YEAH IT'S SAD, BELIEVE ME, MISSY
             WHEN YOU'RE BORN TO BE A SISSY WITHOUT THE VIM AND VERVE
             (BUT I COULD CHANGE MY HABITS, NEVER MORE BE SCARED OF RABBITS)
             IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE
             I'M AFRAID THERE'S NO DENYIN'
             I'M JUST A DANDELION, A FATE I DON'T DESERVE
             BUT I COULD SHOW MY PROWESS, BE A LION NOT A MOWESS
             IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE
Other Three: (OH YOU'D BE IN YOUR STRIDE, A KING DOWN TO THE CORE
Dorothy:     YOU COULD ROAR THE WAY YOU NEVER ROARED BEFORE
Lion:        AND THEN I'D RRWOOF, AND ROAR SOME MORE
             I WOULD SHOW THE DINOSAURUS
             WHO'S KING AROUND THE FORES', A KING THEY BETTER SERVE
             WHY WITH MY REGAL BEEZER I COULD BE ANOTHER CAESAR
             IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE)
             I'D BE BRAVE AS A BLIZZARD
Tin Man:     I'D BE GENTLE AS A LIZARD
Scarecrow:   I'D BE CLEVER AS A GIZZARD
Dorothy:     IF THE WIZARD IS A WIZARD WHO WILL SERVE
Scarecrow:   THEN I'M SURE TO GET A BRAIN
Tin Man:     A HEART
Dorothy:     A HOME
Lion:        THE NERVE
All:         OH, WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
             WE HEAR HE IS A WHIZ OF A WIZ, IF EVER A WIZ THERE WAS
             IF EVER OH EVER A WIZ THERE WAS, THE WIZARD OF OZ IS ONE BECAUSE
             BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE
             BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS HE DOES
             WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
             THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ!