I dreamed a dream in times gone by
when hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreaned that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid
and dreams were made and used and wasted
there was no ransome to be payed
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 sha----------------me

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 dreamed he'd come to me
that we would 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 living
so different now from what it seemed
now life has killed the dream I dreamed

The dream I dreamed