I Dreamed a Dream

I like to know things. Now I know that Les Misérables is a musical composed in 1980 by the French composer, Claude-Michel Schönberg with words by Alain Boublil.

Alain must have known a sore heart at one time, to write so touchingly. And the music to this score is challenging for any singer.

But did you HEAR what she sang? I had to look up the lyrics to the song Susan Boyle sang on that now historic day.

I Dreamed a Dream

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
Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream
in 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

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
And 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 dream he'll come to me
That we will 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.

I know now why I cry when I hear her sing it. I dreamed a dream, too. May she find yet another dream to come true for her. She touched my heart.