If I Only Had a Heart | Jack Haley | Wizard of Oz

Song lyrics to If I Only Had a Heart, sung by Jack Haley in The Wizard of Oz

Tin Man (Jack Haley)
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 a human
If I only had a heart.

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.

Picture me … a balcony …
Above a voice sings low–

Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

I hear a beat.
How sweet!
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.

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