Classic Poem

(with Billy Rose)

VERSE

I never feel a thing is real
When I'm away from you.
Out of your embrace,
The world's a temporary parking place.
Mm, mm, mm, mm,
A bubble for a minute,
Mm, mm,
You smile,
The bubble has a rainbow in it.

REFRAIN

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.