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 a honky-tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny acrade.
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,
If you believed in me,
If you believed in me.
Rose/Harburg/Arlen