Make Believe (From Show Boat)

(Chorus 1)

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

(Verse)

Your pardon I pray

'Twas too much to say

The words that betray my heart

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

And if the things we dream about don't happen to be so

That's just an unimportant technicality

Though the cold and brutal fact is

You and I have never met

We need not mind conventions, p's and q's

If we put our thoughts in practice

We could banish all regret

Imagining what sweet ending we choose

(Chorus 2)

We could make believe I love you

We could 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