I dreamed a Dream

originally sung by:
Patti LuPone
written by:
C. M. Schönberg, A. Boublil
from musical:
Les Miserables (1985)

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hopes were 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,
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 night,
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame

She slept a summer by my side.
She filled my days with endless wonder,
She took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream she'll come to me
And 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.