If I Only Had the Nerve - Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg

Yeh, it’s sad, believe me, Missy

When you’re born to be a sissy

Without the vim and verve

But I could show my prowess

Be a lion, not a mouse

If I only had the nerve

I’m afraid there’s no denyin'

I’m just a dandelion

A fate I don’t deserve

I’d be brave as a blizzard

I’d be gentle as a lizard

I’d be clever as a gizzard

If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve?

Then I’m sure to get a brain

A heart, a home, the nerve