I Dreamed a Dream

When hope was hight and life worth living

I dreamed that love would never die

I dreamed that god would be forgiving

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 untasted

But the tigers come at nigth

With their voices soft as thunder

As they tear your hopes apart

As they turn your dreams to shame

He slept a summer by my side

And filled my days with endless wonder

He took my childhood in his stride

But he was gone when autumn came

I had dream my life would be

So different from this will I'm leaving

So different love from what it seems

Now my life has killed the dream I dreamed