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      But it wouldn't be make-believe   If you believed in me