It is only a paper moon, Sailing 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 believe, If you believed in me. [Chorus] Without your love, It's a honky tonk parade, Without your love, It's a melody played, At 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. [Chorus] 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. 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.
It was just one of those things Just one of those crazy flings One of those bells that now and then rings
Just one of those things It was just one of those nights Just one of those fabulous flights A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
Just one of those things If we'd thought a bit about the end of it When we started painting the town We'd have been aware that our love affair Was too hot not to cool down
So good-bye, dear, and amen Here's hoping we meet now and then It was great fun But it was just one of those things
It was just one of those things Just one of those crazy flings
It was just one of those nights Just one of those fabulous flights A trip to the moon on gossamer wings Just one of those things
When an irresistible force, such as you Meets an old immovable object like me You can bet as sure as you live Something's gotta give Something's gotta give Something's gotta give
When an irresistible smile, such as yours Warms an old implacable heart, such as mine Don't say no because I insist Somewhere, somehow, someone's gonna get kissed
So en garde! Who knows what the fates have in store In their vast mysterious sky? I will try hard ignoring those lips I adore But how long can anyone try?
Oh baby I'll fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might Chances are some heavenly star spangled night We'll find out as sure as we live Something's gotta give Something's gotta give Something's gotta give
So en garde! Now who knows what the fates have in store In their vast mysterious sky? I will try hard ignoring those lips I adore But how long can anyone try?
Oh baby I'll fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might Chances are some heavenly star spangled night We'll find out as sure as we live Something's gotta give Something's gotta give Something's gotta give Oh, something's gotta give something's gotta give Something's gotta give Oh, something's gotta give something's gotta give Something's gotta give
Copper comes from Arizona Peaches come from Georgia And lobsters come from Maine Well the wheat fields are the sweet fields of Nebraska And Kansas gets bo-nansas from the grain And old whiskey comes from old Kentucky Ain’t the country lucky New Jersey gives us glue And you, you come from Rhode Island Little old Rhode Island; it’s famous for you
Cotton comes from Louisiana Gophers from Montana And spuds from Idaho Well they plough land in the cowland of Missoura Where most beef meant for roast beef Seems to grow And Grand canyons come from Coloradah Gold comes from Nevada But divorces also do And you, you come from Rhode Island Little old Rhode Island is famous for you
Pencils come from Pennsylvania Vests from Vest Virginia And tents from Tent-a-see Well they know mink where they grow mink in Wyomink And a camp chair in new Hamp-chair that’s for me And minnows come from Minnow-sota Coats come from Dakota So why should you be blue? And you, you come from Rhode Island Don’t let ‘em ride Rhode Island It's famous for you Famous for you Famous for you
You sinners drop everything Let that harmony ring Up to heaven and sing Sing you sinners
Just wave your arms all about Let the Lord hear you shout Pour that music right out and Sing you sinners
Wherever there's music The devil kicks He don't allow music By the river Styx You're wicked and all depraved You all misbehaved If you want to be saved Sing you sinners
You sinners drop everything Let that harmony ring Up to heaven and sing Sing you sinners
Just wave your arms all about Let the Lord hear you shout Pour that music right out Sing you sinners
Wherever there's music The devil kicks He don't allow music By the river Styx You're wicked and you're depraved You all misbehaved If you want to be saved Sing you sinners C'mon and sing you sinners
When I was young, I lived in a world of dreams Of moods and myths and illusionary schemes Though now I'm much more grown up I fear that I must own up To the fact that I'm in doubt of What the modern cynics shout of
They say it's spring, this feeling light as a feather They say this thing, this magic we share together Came with the weather too
They say it's May, that's made me daft as a daisy It's May they say, that's made the whole world this crazy Heavenly hazy hue
I'm a lark on a wing I'm the spark of a firefly's fling Yet to me this must be Something more than a seasonal thing
Could it be spring, those bells that I can hear ringing? It may be spring, but when the robins stop singing You're what I'm clinging to Though they say it's spring It's you
If poets sing that when a heart's sympathetic It may be spring, then poets' plights are pathetic But I'm poetic too
They say it's spring, for lovers there's where the lure is That evil thing, for which September the cure is This, they are sure, is true
Though I know that it's so That my fancy may turn in the spring With the right one in sight One can find a perpetual thing
Did I need spring to bring the ring that you bought me? Though it was spring, that wondrous day that you caught me Darling I thought we knew That it wasn't spring ‘Twas you
Hallelujah, hallelujah All you sinners gather round Hallelujah, hallelujah All you sinners I have found The rack where the weary forever are free Come you sinners, just follow me
Forget your troubles and just get happy You gotta chase all your cares away Sing hallelujah, come on get happy Get ready for the judgment day The sun is shining, come on get happy The Lord is waiting to take your hand Hallelujah, come on get happy We're going to the promised land We're heading 'cross the river Wash your sins away in the tide It's all so peaceful on the other side
Pick up your troubles and just be happy Got to chase all your cares away Sing hallelujah, come on be happy Get ready for the judgment day
We're heading 'cross the river Wash your sins away in the tide It's all so peaceful on the other side
Pick up your troubles and just be happy Got to chase all your cares away Sing hallelujah, come on get happy Get ready Get ready Get ready for the judgment day
Cosmopolitans and ladies Looking for pills in draperies Separate bedrooms and attached baths While the precious don't quite understand And quietly slip off to beauty
Painless, don't you wish you were weightless Famous, from this moment you're fated
Panic makes quite a morning cocktail of insecurity A fallen pancake breakfast for two And the ladies choice of partners varies From evening to evening The loneliness is expected if not predicted
Small time and you're dreaming of the big lights Screen life, you went looking for a good time Painless, don't you wish you were weightless Famous, from this moment you're fated
A life on the boards spilled over to the coast And maybe down to the beach It's a new medium pleasure to Re-take and re-shoot Only to pull focus before distribution
Small time and you're dreaming of the big lights Screen life, you went looking for a good time Painless, don't you wish you were weightless Famous, from this moment you're fated
Advice, agents and taped late night whiskey Tiny cups for a tiny lady Opera heels are swiftly growing indecent And a lady in descent Falling forward towards the cosmopolitans and ladies Looking for pills in draperies
Small time and you're dreaming of the big lights Screen life, you went looking for a good time Painless, don't you wish you were weightless Famous, from this moment you're fated
I was slung-lo and So gung-ho For anything to get me to start I had my rock I had my roll But I couldn't find my spark
A flip of the hi-fi A glimpse of the good life And the clouds began to fade I'm turning this B-side Around to a delight Blue skies are here to stay
She was so down, look at her now She's never been so high Everyone knows, give it some time The clouds'll clear the sky
Light the radio ‘Til it explodes I'm dancin' ‘til I drop One small step First right then left I'm never gonna stop
She was so down, look at her now She's dancin' ‘til she drops Everyone knows, give it some time You'll find what you have lost
It is my style to take a while To put the feeling down to page I get around to making sound When the fancy meets the phrase
She was so down, look at her now She's never been so high Everyone knows, give it some time The clouds'll clear the sky
I'm gonna burst Right out of this world And I won't do it alone A kick to the heart A lift for the charts One listen and we'll be gone And then who cares? We're debonair And we're dancin' our way back home
She was so down, look at her now She's never been so high Everyone knows, give it some time The clouds'll clear the sky
Once in the spring of my twenty-fourth year I had nothing to say With a dangling promise, a terrible past I threw all the words away We were born to hum
You were the last in my twenty-fourth year To make a demand of my voice I tickled your ear and I laughed in your face I gave you my choice We were born to hum We were born to hum
Hum Hum
So as a gradual running, a kind of relief Settles on my face Once in a while I complain to myself Nothing gets done Nothing's in place
You were never broken by ordinary things You kept holding out for the big mistake I was fragile, too scared and delicate You kept trying, I'm the one that quit Worn out by the baggage that we bring You were right about everything
There were times your age began to show You were never more dangerous to know You passed me running, you caught me standing still You'd do it all again all for the thrill I was raised you get out before you sink You were brave about everything
Nostalgia sweet, hindsight so dear Objects now are smaller than they appeared The birds of summer, in winter disappear In spring return, new life, new years Here I am, humble on my knees Come back to life, come back to everything Come back to life, come back to everything Oh, you were right about everything Oh, you were right about everything Oh, you were right about everything
Delicate December, let's remember When we were tall And we can pretend it's just summer We're neither spring nor fall Would you want my number Were I someone You didn't know at all? Special for December Let's pretend we're All for one
I know, it's not the same What's said is said and won't be said again
I know, it's not the same What's said is said and won't be said again
Delicate December Let's be tender Slow down time to a crawl Nothing's temperamental If we're gentle Hands up Let's call it a draw Elegant and simple Sentiment means Letting go and letting fall Special for December Let's pretend we're All for one, one for all
When our love is gone, we will be calm We will be calm And when the feelings come, I will fight them off We will fight them off
In the evening blooms, I still think of you I’m thinking only of you But when temptation starts, I will fight it off We will fight it off
Fire, all our guns and arrows Fire, all our guns The bells and bombs, we'll fight them off The fireworks say it's over
Now the fall begins, and our failing hearts May come apart But I will be on guard, I will fight it off We will fight it off
Fire, all our guns and arrows Fire, all our guns The bells and bombs, we'll fight them off The fireworks say it's over
Some day, in some other life We'll let this battle pass us by Some day, in some other time We will be the ones who are left alive
In my weakened state, I could fall for you Like I fell for you But lord, when it grows late, I will fight it off I will fight it off
Fire! All our guns and arrows Fire! All our guns Fire! All our guns and arrows Fire! All our guns The bells and bombs, we'll fight them off The fireworks say it's over The bells and bombs, we'll fight them off The fireworks say it's over It’s over
I begin with Culver City Where the handsome faggots make pretty, pretty Empty lots, secrets well kept Nothing standing but the frame of a set Some things are built to withstand regret
It was cinematic How we loved Longshot! Jumpcut! Close-up!
She wore off like a prom dress Heels a kickin', short hair a mess Painted nails for turning tricks Throw something hard, something stick Throw nothing, no, nothing slips
Tip and tuck down the 99 The pedal pushed down the entire time You’re running scared 'til your ceiling falls Banging her head, wrists rubbed raw Addicted to something we never saw
It was cinematic How we loved Longshot! Jumpcut! Close-up! Closeup Yeah
Off the freeway Dreamland burns The ultimate take in the land of returns With a glycerine smile and a tear for tragedy Something grand Judy left for me Nothing more than box office history
It was cinematic How we loved Longshot! Jumpcut! Close-up! Closeup Closeup Yes, Closeup
I begin where Garland died Looked like a child all her life I begin where Garland died Looked like a child all her life So will I
Thanks for the boogie ride I'm more than gratified I'm really satisfied Which only goes to prove You don't know until you glide Into the boogie ride How quickly you will fly Out of this world
I like riding in jalopies Away from motorcycle cop-ies I like riding just like you do Along the chatanooga choo choo So let me thank you babe Thank you for the boogie ride It really was great
Music played by solid senders Can set me off on dancing benders When I choo choo with my cutie Love to ride with a boogie So let me thank you babe Thank you for the boogie ride It really was great
I like riding in jalopies Away from motorcycle cop-ies I like riding just like you do Along the chatanooga choo choo So let me thank you babe Thank you for the boogie ride It really was great
Music played by solid senders Can set me off on dancing benders When I choo choo with my cutie Love to ride with a boogie So let me thank you babe Thank you for the boogie ride It really was great
> Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be happy my love Let's say that our little show is over And so the story ends Why not call it a day the sensible way And still be friends Look out for yourself That should be the rule Give your heart and your love To whomever you love Darlin' don't be a fool Why do we cling to this old faded thing That used to be So if you can forget Then don't worry 'bout me Why should we cling to some old faded thing That used to be So if you can forget Then you don't worry 'bout me
