It's Only a Paper Moon
"It's Only a Paper Moon", written by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Billy Rose, 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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Earth musical compositions