I Dreamed a Dream

<p>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 It all went wrong</p><p>I dreamed a dream of 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</p><p>When 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 un-tasted</p><p>But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder And they tear your hope apart As they turn your dream to shame...</p><p>She slept this summer by my side She filled my days with endless wonder She took my childhood in her stride But she was gone when autumn came</p><p>And still I dream she'll come to me That we will spend the years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms we cannot weather</p><p>I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed But life can't kill The dream I dreamed</p>