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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Flaming Lips
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Flaming Lips
Producer
Dave Fridmann
Producer
Scott Booker
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I could wile 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 every riddle
For any individle
In trouble or in pain
[Verse 2]
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain
[Verse 3]
Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore
I could think of things I never thought before
And then I'd sit and think some more
[Verse 4]
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 dingle-a-derry
If I only had a brain
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
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 dingle-a-derry
If I only had a brain
Written by: E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen