I just love this song....been listening to it regularly eversince a friend of mine recorded it on a mix tape for me in 1995. Of course I was familiar with them before that tape but somehow I never knew about this song. There are different versions out there but I really dig this one:



Presence Of A Brain


Mmmm, mmm-hmmm

Have you ever felt the presence of a brain?

We have all seen them standing

Amidst the surprise

Sometimes a man smiles

At what, I often wonder

You can tell he's a thinker

By the far away look in his eyes

The far away look in his eyes



A penny for his thoughts can make you richer

His eyes can see what other eyes could not

What is the power of Napolean

But not mere power, but magnetism

And magnetism is more intelligent than force

Magnetism is more intelligent than force



A duba diba diba duba duba

Bump bump da day ooh ow



Have you ever felt the presence of a brain?

We have all seen them standing

Amidst the surprise

Sometimes a man smiles

At what, I often wonder

But you can tell he's a thinker

By the far away look in his eyes

The far away look in his eyes



When god's children start thinking together

Learning to live and love one another, hey, hey



George Clinton and Sly Stone and also Curtis Mayfield wrote some of the deepest, most timeless lyrics ever, IMO.