MELINDA
(Jerry Crutchfield / Jimmy Gateley)

Bill Anderson - 1970


 
(Melinda, Melinda) Oh, how I miss Melinda

While walking down a street in Denver
I passed by a little dress shop
A sign on the door read Melinda's
And I asked myself if I should stop
For I knew a girl named Melinda
When I lived here years ago
And I wondered if by chance it could be 
The Melinda I used to know

So I peeked in through the window
And there to my surprise
I saw my darlin’ Melinda
And a tear came to my eyes
For she looked lovely as always
As I watched her standing there
Her face was like an angel's
With a halo of golden hair

(Melinda, Melinda) With the golden hair
Oh, how I miss Melinda

(Melinda)

Then I slowly remembered 
How she suffered the shame
Of being left with a baby 
And me never changing her name
So, I ran in and called out Melinda
So ashamed, I hung down my head
But the young girl said, “Sir, I'm sorry,
But you see my Mother is dead”

(Melinda, Melinda) With the golden hair
Oh, how I miss Melinda
Oh, how I miss Melinda


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2010)