(sings:)



Only make believe I love you,

Only make believe that you love me.

Others find peace of mind in pretending -

Couldn't you?

Couldn't I?

Couldn't we?

Make believe our lips are blending

In a phantom kiss, or two, or three.

Might as well make believe I love you,

For to tell the truth, I do.

(He steps back)

Your pardon I pray,

'Twas too much to say

The words that betray my heart.



MAGNOLIA

We only pretend,

You do not offend

In playing a lover's part.

The game of just supposing

Is the sweetest game I know.

Our dreams are more romantic

Than the world we see



RAVENAL

And if the things we dream about

Don't happen to be so,

That's just an unimportant technicality.



MAGNOLIA

Though the cold and brutal fact is

You and I have never met,

We need not mind convention's P's and Q's.

If we put our thoughts in practice

We can banish all regret

Imagining most anything we choose.

We could make believe I love you,

We could make believe that you love me.



MAGNOLIA