Music by Harold Arlen
Lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Orchestrated by Murray Cutter
Recorded 2/28/39 and 4/11/39
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conferrin' with the flowers,
Consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin'
while my thoughts where buys hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
I'd unravel every riddle for any individ'le,
In trouble or in pain.
With the thoughts you'll be thinkin',
you could be another Lincoln.
If you 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.
I would not be just a nothin'
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.
