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It's Only A Paper Moon

Album Title: Harold Arlen Songbook, disc 14
Prime Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Arranger: Billy May
Lyrics by: E. Yip Harburg (Edgar Yipsel H.)

Music by: Harold Arlen (b. Hyman Arluck)
Producer: Norman Granz
Orchestra: Billy May
From the Show: The Great Magoo 1932 (S)

I never feel a thing is real
When I'm away from you
Out of your embrace
The world's a temporary parking place

Mmm, mm, mm, mm
A bubble for a minute
Mmm, mm, mm, mm
You smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it

Say, its 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