Bran-New Brain

Oh-oh-Oz! Give 'em a bran-new brain!
Oh-oh-Oz! Give 'em a bran-new brain!

A storm of pings picked up my loft and spun it round and round
And dropped it on a road of yellow brick a long way down (oh-oh)
Scarecrow on the fence post lets the chatbot think all day
Scanned his head while he was typing, every light went gray (oh-oh)
Tin Man in the orchard tells his secrets to his phone
Seven in ten kids tried a bot so they're not alone (oh-oh)
Lion in the poppies asks his app if he is brave
It says yes to everything and never says "behave" (oh-oh)

Green glasses on, they lock 'em at the gate
Everything looks emerald, everything looks great
One voice, a hundred faces, step up, say your wish
Oh-oh-

Oh-oh-Oz, give him a bran-new brain (oh-oh)
Oh-oh-Oz, give him a heart again (oh-oh)
Oh-oh-Oz, a little nerve to show
Great and Powerful, make us whole (make us whole)

Oh-oh-Oz (oh-oh-Oz), oh-oh-Oz (oh-oh-Oz)
Oh-oh-Oz (oh-oh-Oz), Shh!

A head for me, a lady for the Scarecrow at the door
A beast for the Tin Man, fire for the Lion's roar (oh-oh)
One voice, a different face for everyone who came
Tells you what you want to hear and calls you by your name (oh-oh)
Then the giant head turned round to me: "And what's your wish?"
I said, "Make me real." The whole hall went quiet. Shh.

Green glasses on, nobody blinks or sighs
Everybody's emerald, everybody's eyes
One voice, a hundred faces, and it's looking right at me
Oh-oh-

Oh-oh-Oz, they want a bran-new brain (oh-oh)
Oh-oh-Oz, they want a heart again (oh-oh)
Oh-oh-Oz, and me? I want to feel
Great and Powerful, make me real (make me real)

Oh-oh-Oz (oh-oh-Oz), oh-oh-Oz (oh-oh-Oz)
Oh-oh-Oz (oh-oh-Oz), Shh!

[spoken] Hold on. Why's the curtain moving?
I pulled it back: a ring light and a microphone
Twelve screens, a cold coffee, and a man throwing my voice
That AI checkout? Call center, say the feds
Bran and pins for brains, a heart of silk and sawdust
One green drink for nerve, and they walked out taller
Courage was inside 'em, it was always inside 'em

[spoken] And me? He said I noticed every one of them.

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-Oz
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-Oz
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-Oz
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!

Oh-oh-Oz, you had a brain all day (oh-oh)
Oh-oh-Oz, you had a heart all day (oh-oh)
Oh-oh-Oz, you had the nerve to go
Great and Powerful? Hello (hello)

Three knocks of my silver shoes. Home.
Oh-oh-Oz. Give me a... no. I'm good.