I Dreamed a Dream (From "Les Misérables") - Aretha Franklin

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 dream to shame Still, I dreamed he comes to me That we would live 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 dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven And you know who greeted me at the gate? The ole cowboy philosopher himself, Will Rogers He said to me, he said "Tex, the boss Of the riders up here has kinda asked me to show you around Right over yonder's a couple of your ole compadres" My, was I glad to see 'em Carson Robison And the Mississippi Blue Yodeler, Jimmie Rodgers I dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight He introduced me to Wiley Post And he showed me the Hall of Fame With all the gold guitars and fiddles a-hangin' on the wall Then he said, "Tex, step over this way By all your friends I know you'll want to see They're waitin' for you" And there they were Standin' side by side, smilin' at me Hank Williams and Johnny Horton Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins Hank Martin, and the rest I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight Then I asked him who else he expected Within the next, uh, oh say, a hundred years He handed me a large book covered with stardust Will Rogers called it The Big Tally Book In it were many names And each name was branded in pure gold I began to read some of them as I turned the pages Red Foley, and Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter Tex Ritter? heh, heh That's when I woke up And I'm sorry I did, because I dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight

People, people who need people Are the luckiest people in the world We're children needing other children And yet letting our grown-up pride Hide all the need inside Acting more like children than children Lovers are very special people They're the luckiest people in the world With one person, one very special person A feeling deep in your soul Says you were half now you're whole No more hunger and thirst But first be a person who needs people People, people who need people Are the luckiest people in the world With one person, one very special person A feeling deep in your soul Says you were half now you're whole No more hunger and thirst But first be a person who needs people You have got to need people They're the luckiest people in the world

(Mock) Yeah (Ing) Yeah (Bird) Yeah (Yeah) Yeah Mockingbird Everybody have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gon' buy me a mockingbird (a mockingbird) Well now, if that mockingbird don't sing (bird don't sing) He's gonna buy me a diamond ring (a diamond ring) And if that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (oh, yeah) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) Oh, I know, I love him and I can't tell him so (a mockingbird) That I, I, I, I love him and that's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know (a diamond ring) If that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (that's why) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) Oo-oo, everybody have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gon' buy me a mockingbird (a mockingbird) Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing (it don't shine) He's gonna buy me a diamond ring (diamond ring) If that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (yes, you do) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) I know that I, that I love him and I can't tell him so (mockingbird) That I, I, I, I love him and it's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know (diamond ring) If that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (yes, he will) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) Everybody have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gon' buy me a mockingbird (a mockingbird) Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing (it don't shine) He's gonna buy me a diamond ring