I dreamed a dream in times gone by When hope was high and life worth living I dreamed, that God would never die I dreamed that God would be forgiving Then I was young and unafraid And dreams were made and used not 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 And 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 We'll spend 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