Show Synopsis:
In the latest version of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Dr. Mark Bruckner, a recent widow, begins to fall in love with a reincarnated woman named Melinda speaking to him through David, one of his psychiatric patients. Mark begins to hypnotize David around New York City so that he can have "dates" with Melinda, and David begins to fall for Mark. David pieces together historical information and realizes that Melinda, who seems very real to him, is going towards her death. He lets Melinda go, and realizes that he can also move forwards from losing his wife. David reunites with his boyfriend Warren. 	

Character:
Melinda Wells, a confident jazz singer in a 1940s nightclub who wants to find love and fame.

Song Context:
The context of this song has changed with each version of the musical, but in each version, the character or characters singing it try to express sadness at being with someone who is not quite right for them. In the most famous version, the film adaptation, Melinda is singing of her husband Robert and how he cannot compare to Mark, but Mark has told her they will not be together.	

Fun Facts:
1) This song was sung as "She Wasn't You" in the original 1965 Broadway production, which had a slightly different book. It was also "He Isn't You," sung by Barbra Streisand playing Melinda in the 1970 fim adaptation, and was done as a quartet called "(S)he Wasn't You" in the 2011 Broadway revival. 
2) In the original production, the same woman played both Daisy (the original patient of Dr. Bruckner who could channel Melinda) and Melinda. The revisions to the later Broadway production construct a more amusing love triangle between three separate characters played by three separate actors. 
3) Both actresses who played the role of Melinda on Broadway - Barbara Harris and Jessie Mueller - were nominated for Tony Awards.