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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-25 months agoA reference to the 1933 song “It’s Only A Paper Moon”. 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 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 It’s phony, it’s plain to see How happy I would be If you believed in me I think the country music artist Gillian Welch in 1996, some sixty years later, wrote a very good reply to the above song, with her song, Paper Wings: Paper wings, all torn and bent You made me feel that They were heaven sent Paper wings, not real at all But they took me high Enough to really fall Your paper kisses faded too soon Just like a paper rose Beneath a paper moon Paper wings, paper wings Oh how could I expect To fly with only paper wings? Angels were singing, didn’t you hear If only I’d listened close When they whispered in my ear Paper wings, paper wings Oh how could I expect To fly with only paper wings? I tried to fly but found That I had only paper wings
minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoFantastic film of the same name, as well.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoAlso a pretty decent Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoReintroduced to millennials by Zero Punctuation, back when Youtube’s copyright policy was an image of a man smoking a joint and flipping the bird.
A reference to the 1933 song “It’s Only A Paper Moon”.
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
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
It’s phony, it’s plain to see
How happy I would be
If you believed in me
I think the country music artist Gillian Welch in 1996, some sixty years later, wrote a very good reply to the above song, with her song, Paper Wings:
Paper wings, all torn and bent
You made me feel that
They were heaven sent
Paper wings, not real at all
But they took me high
Enough to really fall
Your paper kisses faded too soon
Just like a paper rose
Beneath a paper moon
Paper wings, paper wings
Oh how could I expect
To fly with only paper wings?
Angels were singing, didn’t you hear
If only I’d listened close
When they whispered in my ear
Paper wings, paper wings
Oh how could I expect
To fly with only paper wings?
I tried to fly but found
That I had only paper wings
Fantastic film of the same name, as well.
Also a pretty decent Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.
Reintroduced to millennials by Zero Punctuation, back when Youtube’s copyright policy was an image of a man smoking a joint and flipping the bird.