I dreamed a dream (another version)

[donq]

I used to post another version of this song (by Ruthie Henshall) and just found this one. It's also good. Don't know which one is an original. As for Anne Hathaway's version, I still hesitate to post it here; a little bit too much tears, I'm afraid.
I kind of like its lyrics.

Patti LuPone - I dreamed a dream - les miserables
clip by BlendGeek




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
As 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.

[tribunalofmercy]

still too many tears in this one

[donq]

Hi Mary Anne,

Yes, sad. But I like it because somehow it tells a story of most of us who lost our child and innocent's parts, after we have been into a cruel world, and we called this "maturity."

P.S. I could not use my internet for 2 days; it's just ok now. Still have many threads here to catch up with. :-)
Anyway, how come Mary Anne turns out to be "Mercy"?
 

[donq]

Ok, Mary Anne, I'll try to make up for you here.
There was a dance in this version, too.

Susan Boyle's First Audition - I Dreamed a Dream - Britain's Got Talent 2009