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 and it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in days 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 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
The dream, the dream I dreamed