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