Full text, notes, song meaning & annotations, history, key recordings Then i'm sure to get a brain a heart, a home, the nerve we're off to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of oz we hear that he is a whiz of a wiz if ever a wiz was there if ever, oh ever a wiz. A home [lion] the nerve [all] we're off to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of oz we hear he is a wizard of whiz if ever a wiz there was if ever, oh, ever a wiz there was the wizard of oz is. 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 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 If i only had a brain/heart/nerve is a song from the wizard of oz Music and lyrics by harold arlen and e.y It was sung by the scarecrow, dorothy, the tin man, and the cowardly lion. Read the full lyrics for if i only had a nerve by harold arlen from the the wizard of oz soundtrack.
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