April 22, 2009 I Dreamed A Dream Lyrics

I just love this song and played it nonstop even before Susan Boyle. In fact Les Miserables is my favorite play. I play the soundtrack at least once a week. I cry like a baby every time I see the play. I don't know why, but it really is 'the' play that for whatever reason seems to hit me. I've seen it 3 times and would see it again and again if it came back to town. The last time I saw it I was smart and brought a ton of kleenex.
So, I thought I would take a cleaning break and post the lyrics. The song means more today than it did even a few months ago. I found myself many many times playing this song in the last few months screaming out the last four lines of the song as it played.

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 time 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 will live the years together
But there are dreams that can not be
And there are storms we can not 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.