It's Only a Paper Moon

"It's Only a Paper Moon", words and music by Billy Rose, Yip Harburg, and Harold Arlen in 1933, was one of the many Earth songs that Vic Fontaine frequently performed for the citizens and crew of Deep Space 9. The song was popular with Vic's friends known as the Rat Pack, including Frank Sinatra, who recorded it in 1950 and again in 1960. 

Lyrics
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 Mmm, mm, 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 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.

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