Movies Is Magic

She slid on her dress under that melancholy moon

Somethin' to impress him, hopin' he would be there soon

She gonna run away

He got a Chevrolet

She wanted Nat King Cole, he got a Jelly Roll

Whole lotta heart and soul

Sacramento river rat a-rappin' at her door

Take her to a picture show she sure ain't seen before

She was a debutante

Give it just what she want

You tell her just where to go, down to the drive-in show

You be my river beau

Movies is magic

Real life is tragic

Fundamental though it seems, when you're livin' in your dream

And you wake up, it's over

Movies is magic

Real life is tragic

I regret I gotta say, it is time we get away

To the movies and magic

Cowboy dressed like Injun popped right off that silver screen

Scarlet up like a jukebox for a dreamboat delta queen

Raindroppin' all around

Put up the top, you clown

And turn on the Nat King Cole, off with the rock and roll

To the movies and magic

Movies is (Movies is)

Magic (Magic)

Movies is magic

Real life is tragic

And as time goes by and by, you will often wonder why

To the day that you die

'Cause movies is magic

Movies is magic