Lyrics by: Billy Rose
Music by: Harold Arlen
Arranged By: George Siravo – Nelson Riddle
From the Album: Sinatra's Swingin' Session (1960)
Label: Columbia – Capitol
Recorded: 4/24/50 – 8/31/60
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It is only a paper moon
Sailin' 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
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Without your love it's a
honky-tonk parade
Without your love it's a melody
played in a penny arcade