It's Only A Paper Moon

It's Only A Paper Moon
music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (center) & Billy Rose (right)

I never feel a thing is real, when I'm away from you,
Out of your embrace, the world's a temporary parking place.
Mmm, mm, you smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it.

Say, it's only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me.
Yes, it's only a canvas sky, hanging over a muslin tree,
But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me.

Without your love, it's a honky-tonk parade, without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.

It's a Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me.