Listen to It's Only A Paper Moon by Cliff Edwards

It's Only A Paper Moon

Cliff Edwards

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Cliff Edwards

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Harburg

Lyrics

Harold Arlen

Composer

Billy Rose

Lyrics

Lyrics

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 phoney as it can be

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 phoney as it can be

But it wouldn't be make believe

If you believed in me

Written by: Billy Rose, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen

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