Full text, notes, song meaning & annotations, history, key recordings Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. If i only had the nerve lyrics Yeah, it's sad, believe me, missy / when you're born to be a sissy / without the vim and verve / but i could show my prowess / be a lion, not a mouse / if i only. if i only had a brain (also if i only had a heart and if i only had the nerve ) is a song by harold arlen (music) and yip harburg (lyrics) It was sung in the 1939 film the wizard of oz by the character scarecrow, played by ray bolger, and later by the tin man and cowardly lion, played respectively by jack haley and bert lahr, when they meet dorothy, played by judy garland
The wizard of oz if i only had the nerve lyrics If i only had the nerve lyrics performed by the wizard of oz (cowardly lion) yeah, it's sad, believe me missy when you're born to be a sissy without the vim and verve There are two variants on this song, if i only had a heart and if i only had a brain, which are sung by the tin man and the scarecrow respectively Although they are in essence the same song with fairly minor variations of the words, and appear in the same film, they are generally classified as different songs, and have been covered as such by various artists over the years Yeh, it's sad, believe me, missy when you're born to be a sissy without the vim and verve but i could show my prowess be a lion, not a mous
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