I Dreamed A Dream

There was a time when men were kind

When their voices were soft

And their words inviting.

There was a time when love was blind

And the world was a song

And the song was exciting.

There was a time ...when it all went wrong...



I dreamed a dream in time gone by

When hopes were high and life worth living,

I dreamed that love would never die

I dreamed that God would be forgiving.



Then I was young and unafraid,

When dreams were made and used and wasted.

There was no ransom to be paid,

No song unsung, no wine untasted.



But the tigers come at night,

With their voices soft as thunder,

As they tear your hope apart

As they turn your dreams to shame



He slept a summer by my side.

He filled my days with endless wonder,

He took my childhood in his stride,

But he was gone when autumn came.



And still I dream he'll come to me

And we will live the years together!

But there are dreams that cannot be

And there are storms we cannot weather.



I had a dream my life would be

So different from this hell I'm living

So different now from what it seemed

Now life has killed the dream

I dreamed.