I dreamed a dream in time gone by When hope was high And life worth living I dream that love would never die I dream 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 hopes apart As they turn your dream to shame
She slept a summer by my side She filled my days with endless wonder She took my childhood in her stride But she was gone when autumn came
And still I dream she'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