This is a dream, Melinda

Just a mirage, so they say

This whole affair they all declare

Was dreamed each step of the way

You're a mere dream, Melinda

Out for a gaily loose spin

Telling me lies before my eyes

Of days that never have been

There's no Melinda

They say for sure

But don't go Melinda

I know and you know

That you're no mere dream, Melinda

Gone when the dawn gleam is through

You and I know that long ago

Before the dream there was you

There was, was you