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
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
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
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