"Paper Moon" lyrics - ETHEL WATERS
ETHEL WATERS
"Paper Moon"
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 phoney as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
The Chronological Classics: 1946-1947 (2002)
- Taking A Chance On Love
- Dinah
- Man Wanted
- You Took My Man
- Honey In A Hurry
- Cabin In The Sky
- Am I Blue
- I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead
- Careless Love
- Blues In My Heart
- Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
- A Hundred Years From Today
- Throw The Dirt
- Summertime
- Suppertime
- Little Black Boy
- Paper Moon
- Can't Help Lovin' That Man
- St. Louis Blues
- Travelin'
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- The Crucifixtion