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

Then I was young and unafraid

And 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 the voices of this thunder

As they tear your hopes apart

As they turn your dream to shame

She slept a summer by my side

She filled my tastes with endless wonder

She took my childhood in her stride

But she was gone when autumn came

And I still dream she'll come to me

That 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 of living

So different now from what it seemed

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed