Les Miserables movie - I Dreamed a Dream lyrics

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Song by Fantine<br /><br>

[Fantine is left alone, unemployed and destitute]<br>

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[FANTINE]<br>

There was a time when men were kind<br>

When their voices were soft<br>

And their words inviting<br>

There was a time when love was blind<br>

And the world was a song<br>

And the song was exciting<br>

There was a time<br>

Then it all went wrong<br>

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I dreamed a dream in time gone by<br>

When hope was high<br>

And life worth living<br>

I dreamed that love would never die<br>

I dreamed that God would be forgiving<br>

Then I was young and unafraid<br>

And dreams were made and used and wasted<br>

There was no ransom to be paid<br>

No song unsung, no wine untasted<br>

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But the tigers come at night<br>

With their voices soft as thunder<br>

As they tear your hope apart<br>

And they turn your dream to shame<br>

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He slept a summer by my side<br>

He filled my days with endless wonder<br>

He took my childhood in his stride<br>

But he was gone when autumn came<br>

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And still I dream he'll come to me<br>

That we will live the years together<br>

But there are dreams that cannot be<br>

And there are storms we cannot weather<br>

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I had a dream my life would be<br>

So different from this hell I'm living<br>

So different now from what it seemed<br>

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.<br>

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