I Dreamed A Dream

I dreamed a dream in time gone by

When hope was high and life worth living

I dreamed that love would never die

I dreamed that God would be forgiving

I was young and unafraid

And dreams were made and used, not 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 tear your dreams to shame

She slept a summer by my side

And filled my days with endless wonder

She took my childhood in her stride

But she was gone when autumn came

And still I dream she'll come to me

And we will spend the years together

But there are dreams that cannot be

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 than what it seemed

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed