There was a time when girls 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
  It all went wrong
  
  I dreamed a dream of 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
  
  When I was young and unafraid
  When dreams were made
  And used and wasted
  There was no ransom to be paid
  No song unsung, no wine un-tasted
  
  But the tigers come at night
  With their voices soft as thunder
  And they tear your hope apart
  As they turn your dream to shame....
  
  She slept this summer by my side
  She filled my days with endless wonder
  She took my childhood in her stride
  But she was gone when autumn came
  
  And still I dream she'll come to me
  That we will 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
  But life can't kill
  The dream I dreamed