I dreamed a dream in time gone by When hope was high and life worth living I dreamed that love would never die I prayed 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 hopes apart And they turn your dreams to shame And still I dreamed he'd come to me That we would live years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyricist (s) Alain Boublil (French) Herbert Kretzmer (English) " I Dreamed a Dream " is a song from the 1980 musical Les Misérables. [1] It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron. On April 11, 2009, on the British television show Britain's Got Talent 2009, contestant Susan Boyle sang "I Dreamed A Dream" from the musical Les Misérables. The song was later recorded and included on her debut album, which was also called 'I Dreamed A Dream'. Kef2P7.