This is a dream Melinda
   Just a mirage, so they say
   This whole affair they all declare
   Was dreamed every 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