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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jack Haley
Performer
Judy Garland
Performer
Adriana Caselotti
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
Songwriter
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When a man's an empty kettle
He should be on his mettle
And yet I'm torn apart
Just because, I'm presumin'
That I could be kind of human
If I only had a heart
[Verse 2]
I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows
And the boy who shoots the arrows
If I only had a heart
[Bridge]
Picture me a balcony
Above, a voice sings low
Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
I hear a beat, how sweet
[Verse 3]
Just to register emotion, jealousy, devotion
And really feel the part
I could stay young and chipper
And I'd lock it with a zipper
If I only had a heart
Written by: E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen