If I only...

I could while away the hours,

Conferrin' with the flowers,

Consultin' with the rain;

And my head I'd be scratchin'

While my thoughts were busy hatchin',

If I only had a brain.

I'd unravel any riddle

For any individd-el

In trouble or in pain.

With the thoughts I'd be thinkin',

I could be another Lincoln,

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.

I would not be just a nothin',

My head all full of stuffin',

My heart all full of pain.

Perhaps I deserve you

And be even worthy erve you,

If I only had a brain.