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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige
Performer
Nigel Wright
Nigel Wright
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Composer
Alain Boublil
Alain Boublil
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Anthony Pugh
Anthony Pugh
Producer
Nigel Wright
Nigel Wright
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
When it all went wrong
[Verse 2]
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hopes were 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
When dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
[Verse 3]
But the tigers come at night
With their voices  soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dreams 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
[Verse 4]
And still I dream he'll come to me
And that we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
[Verse 5]
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
I dreamed
Written by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer

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