I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)





I dreamed a dream in times 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 their voices soft as thunder 

As they tear your hope apart 

And 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 

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 I'm living 

So different now from what it seemed 

Now life has killed 

The dream I dreamed.