[#2903ff]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[/#2903ff]

    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
    As 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 dreamed he'd come to me,
    That we would 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.