It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933)
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(w) Billy Rose, E. Y. Harburg (m) Harold Arlen (I) Film: Take a Chance by June Knight & Buddy Rogers (P) Nat King Cole. (CR) The Mills Brothers (RR) 1945 by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
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