Y. Harburg
Y. Harburg
cardboard paper sailing
Say, it's only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.
paid stop
You're paid to stop a bullet.It's a soldier's job, they say.And so you stop your bullet,And then they stop your pay.
fool innocent kiss victims
O innocent victims of Cupid,Remember this terse little verse:To let a fool kiss you is stupid,To let a kiss fool you is worse.
music song
Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
holiday tables
April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
bit both
The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
love
When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
ought
There ought to be a law against necessity.