Lyrics: Barbra Streisand. Melinda.

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