(Intro - repeat twice)

Say it's only a paper moon sailing over a cardboard sea

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

Say 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 (^one strum each^)