a melody played

 

Harold Arlen

♫♫ ♪

You 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...

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"It's Only a Paper Moon" - song published in 1933.  Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose

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