If I Only Had a Heart

"If I Only Had a Heart" is a song featured in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz with music composed by Harold Arlen and lyrics written by E.Y. Harburg. The song was performed by the character Tin Man, played by Jack Haley, when he meets Dorothy (Judy Garland) and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger).

Lyrics[]

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

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Media
Films: The Wizard of Oz (soundtrack/video) • Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz • Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Shows: 1990 Turner Entertainment TV series • Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

Characters
Dorothy Gale • Toto • Scarecrow • Tin Woodman • Cowardly Lion • Glinda the Good Witch of the North • The Wicked Witch of the West • The Wizard of Oz • Aunt Em • Uncle Henry • Miss Almira Gulch • Professor Marvel • Hunk • Hickory • Zeke • Flying Monkeys • The Munchkins

Songs

The Wizard of Oz: Nobody Understands Me • Over the Rainbow • The Wonders of the World • Come Out, Come Out • Ding Dong the Witch is Dead • Follow the Yellow Brick Road • If I Only Had a Brain • We're Off to See the Wizard • If I Only Had a Heart • If I Only Had the Nerve • Optimistic Voices • The Merry Old Land of Oz • Bring Me the Broomstick • If I Were King of the Forest • Red Shoes Blues • Farewell to Oz • Already Home

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz: If I Only Had the Height
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz: The Jitterbug • There's No Place Like Home • A Mighty Fine Affair • All Hail • Oh My, Oh My, Oh My • What's Mine is Mine

Objects
Ruby slippers • The Wicked Witch of the West's broomstick

Locations
Dorothy's farmhouse • Professor Marvel's Trailer • Munchkinland • Land of Oz • Emerald City • Field of Poppies • The Haunted Forest • The Wicked Witch of the West's Castle

See also
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • Warner Bros. • Turner Entertainment