Oh, I could tell you why the ocean's near the shore.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Wizard of Oz (1939) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:05 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Do? Why, if I had a brain, I could...
- I could while away the hours conferring with the flowers, consulting with the rain.
- And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin' if I only had a brain.
- I'd unravel every riddle for any individ'le in trouble or in pain.
- With the thoughts you'd be thinkin' you could be another Lincoln if you only had a brain.
- Oh, I could tell you why the ocean's near the shore.
- I could think of things I never thunk before and then I'd sit and think some more.
- I would not be just a nothin' my head all full of stuffin', my heart all full of pain.
- I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry if I only had a brain.
- Why, if our scarecrow back in Kansas could do that, the crows would be scared to pieces!
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Actors: Judy Garland (Dorothy Gale), Frank Morgan (Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz), Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), Jack Haley (Tin Man), Bert Lahr (The Cowardly Lion), Billie Burke (Glinda)
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