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