It is only a paper moon Hanging over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe If you believed in me. It is only a canvas sky Sailing over a muslin tree, But it wouldn't be make believeå•Š If you believed in me. Without your love, It's a honky-tonk parade. Without your love, It's a melody played on 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. ~interlude~ Without your love, It's a honky-tonk parade. Without your love, It's a melody played on 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.