Jack Haley — If I Only Had a Heart

[TIN MAN] 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 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 that shoots the arrows If I only had a heart Picture me a balcony Above a voice sings low [DOROTHY] Wherefore art thou, Romeo? [TIN MAN] 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