Sónia Pinto - It's Only a Papermoon

If the Moon above
Lights your night
Would you send her away
Or put up a fight?

If the shine of her circle
Falls over the lake
Would you dive in the water
Barely awake?

Paper or cheese
Silver or white
Some say it's pale
Within her misty veil
I say day returns too soon
Turning off the splendor moon
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
Without your love
It's make-believe
Without your love
It's like being alone with your heart on your sleeve
It's a cranky and wacky world
Just as crazy as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

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

Publisher:
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, S.A. MUSIC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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