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 believe in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky, hanging over a muslin tree

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