I Dreamed A Dream

(ｉ　ｄｒｅａｍｅｄ　ａ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｉｎ　ｔｉｍｅｓ　ｇｏｎｅ　ｂｙ)

I dreamed a dream in times gone by

(ｗｈｅｎ　ｈｏｐｅ　ｗａｓ　ｈｉｇｈ)

when hope was high

(ａｎｄ　ｌｉｆｅ　ｗｏｒｔｈ　ｌｉｖｉｎｇ)

And life worth living

(ｉ　ｄｒｅａｍｅｄ　ｔｈａｔ　ｌｏｖｅ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｄｉｅ)

I dreamed that love would never die

(ｉ　ｄｒｅａｍｅｄ　ｔｈａｔ　ｇｏｄ)

I dreamed that God

(ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　ｆｏｒｇｉｖｉｎｇ)

would be forgiving

(ｔｈｅｎ　ｉ　ｗａｓ　ｙｏｕｎｇ　ａｎｄ　ｕｎａｆｒａｉｄ)

Then I was young and unafraid

(ａｎｄ　ｄｒｅａｍｓ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｍａｄｅ)

And dreams were made

(ａｎｄ　ｕｓｅｄ　ａｎｄ　ｗａｓｔｅｄ)

and used and wasted

(ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｗａｓ　ｎｏ　ｒａｎｓｏｍ　ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ｐａｉｄ)

There was no ransom to be paid

(ｎｏ　ｓｏｎｇ　ｕｎｓｕｎｇ)

No song unsung

(ｎｏ　ｗｉｎｅ　ｕｎｔａｓｔｅｄ)

No wine untasted

(ｂｕｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｔｉｇｅｒｓ　ｃｏｍｅ　ａｔ　ｎｉｇｈｔ)

But the tigers come at night

(ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｖｏｉｃｅｓ　ｓｏｆｔ　ａｓ　ｔｈｕｎｄｅｒ)

With their voices soft as thunder

(ａｓ　ｔｈｅｙ　ｔｅａｒ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｈｏｐｅ　ａｐａｒｔ)

As they tear your hope apart

(ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｙ　ｔｕｒｎ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｔｏ　ｓｈａｍｅ)

And they turn your dream to shame

(ｈｅ　ｓｌｅｐｔ　ａ　ｓｕｍｍｅｒ　ｂｙ　ｍｙ　ｓｉｄｅ)

He slept a summer by my side

(ｈｅ　ｆｉｌｌｅｄ　ｍｙ　ｄａｙｓ)

He filled my days

(ｗｉｔｈ　ｅｎｄｌｅｓｓ　ｗｏｎｄｅｒ)

with endless wonder

(ｈｅ　ｔｏｏｋ　ｍｙ　ｃｈｉｌｄｈｏｏｄ　ｉｎ　ｈｉｓ　ｓｔｒｉｄｅ)

He took my childhood in his stride

(ｂｕｔ　ｈｅ　ｗａｓ　ｇｏｎｅ　ｗｈｅｎ　ａｕｔｕｍｎ　ｃａｍｅ)

But he was gone when autumn came

(ａｎｄ　ｓｔｉｌｌ　ｉ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｈｅ’ｌｌ　ｃｏｍｅ　ｔｏ　ｍｅ)

And still I dream he'll come to me

(ｔｈａｔ　ｗｅ’ｌｌ　ｌｉｖｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｙｅａｒｓ　ｔｏｇｅｔｈｅｒ)

That we'll live the years together

(ｂｕｔ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ａｒｅ　ｄｒｅａｍｓ　ｔｈａｔ　ｃａｎｎｏｔ　ｂｅ)

But there are dreams that cannot be

(ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ａｒｅ　ｓｔｏｒｍｓ)

And there are storms

(ｗｅ　ｃａｎｎｏｔ　ｗｅａｔｈｅｒ)

we cannot weather

(ｉ　ｈａｄ　ａ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｍｙ　ｌｉｆｅ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ)

I had a dream my life would be

(ｓｏ　ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｔｈｉｓ)

So different from this

(ｈｅｌｌ　ｉ’ｍ　ｌｉｖｉｎｇ)

hell I'm living

(ｓｏ　ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ　ｎｏｗ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｗｈａｔ　ｉｔ　ｓｅｅｍｅｄ)

So different now from what it seemed

(ｎｏｗ　ｌｉｆｅ　ｈａｓ　ｋｉｌｌｅｄ)

Now life has killed

(ｔｈｅ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｉ　ｄｒｅａｍｅｄ)

The dream I dreamed