It's Only A Paper Moon - 1933

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 11 Sept 2001

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,
Mm. mm, you smile,
the bubble has a rainbow in it.

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 honkytonk 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.

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 honkytonk 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.

Soft karaoke
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It's Only A Paper Moon 1933

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It's Only A Paper Moon 1933
Music by Harold Arlen
Words by Billy Rose and E. Y. Harburg
© MCMXXXIII Harms Incorporated
Chappell and Co Ltd., London
Sequenced for Piano by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 11 Sept 2001 at 09.14
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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