"It's Only A Paper Moon" lyrics
"It's Only A Paper Moon"
(originally by Paul Whiteman)
I never feel a thing is real
When I'm away from you
Out of your embrace
The world's a temporary parking place
A bubble for a minute
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.
Writer(s): Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
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- Sammy Davis Jr. Lyrics
album: "The Nat King Cole Songbook" (1965)