IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON
by Arlen, Rose and Harburg
(Recorded Dec. 19, 1963)


It's only a paper moon
Sailin' over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me

It's only an candy sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouln'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 phoney as it can be
But it wouln't be make believe
If you believed in me

Without your love
It's a honky-tonk parade
Without your love
It's just a melody played in a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phoney as it can be
But it wouln't be make believe
If you believed in me...


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