I Dreamed A Dream Lyrics

I Dreamed A Dream lyrics

[Fantine is left alone, unemployed and destitute.]

 

 Fantine

 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 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'll 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.