LES MISERABLES

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
then it all went wrong.

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
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 as soft as thunder
as they tear your hope apart
as they turn your dream 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
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.