If I Only Had A Heart [German translation]

When a man's an empty kettle,

he should be on his mettle,1

and yet I'm torn apart.

Just because I'm presumin'

that I could be kind o' 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,2

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.

1. On one's mettle = "In the position of being incited to do one's best." -www.dictionary.com2. Picture me and a balcony.