say It is only a paper moon
hanging over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


yes It is only a canvas sky
sailing 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.


~interlude~


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.