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Erin Mckeown – Paper Moon lyrics
It is only a paper moon,
Sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe,
If you believed in me.

It is only a canvas sky,
Sailing over a muslin tree,
But it wouldn't be make believe,
If you believed in me.

[Chorus:]
Without your love,
It's a honky tonk parade,
Without your love,
It's a melody played,
At 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.

[Chorus:]

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. (x2)
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Songwriters: Billy Rose, E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen
Paper Moon lyrics © BMG Rights Management, S.A. MUSIC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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