It is 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   Hangin' 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 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