It's Only A Paper Moon

AUTHOR: Rose/Harburg/Arlen

(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, mm, mm)
(A bubble for a minute)
(Mmm, mm, mm, mm)
(You smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it)

Say, it's (It is) 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