Harold Arlen : It's Only A Paper Moon

Lyrics for the Harold Arlen song "It's Only A Paper Moon" from their "Over The Rainbow" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Harold Arlen lyrics here, or download the rest of our Over The Rainbow lyrics.

Band: Harold Arlen
Album: Over The Rainbow
Song: It's Only A Paper Moon

Music by harold arlen.
Lyrics by e.y. (yip) harburg

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