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The Impossible Dream


to dream
the impossible dream
to fight
the unbeatable foe
to bear
with unbearable sorrow
to run
where the brave dare not go

to right
the unrightable wrong
to love
pure and chaste from afar
to try
when your arms are too weary
to reach
the unreachable star

this is my quest
to follow that star
no matter how hopeless
no matter how far

to fight for the right
without question or pause
to be willing to march into hell
for a heavenly cause

and I know
if I'll only be true
to this glorious quest

that my heart
will be peaceful and calm
when I'm laid to my rest

. . .

and the world
will be better for this
that one man
scorned and covered with scars
still strove
with his last ounce of courage
to reach
the unreachable star

. . .

to dream
the impossible dream
to fight the unbeatable foe
to bear
with unbearable sorrow
to go
where the brave dare not go

to right
the unrightable wrong
to be
better far than you are
to try
when your arms are too weary
to reach
the unreachable star

this is my quest
to follow that star
no matter how hopeless
no matter how far

to be willing to give
when there's no more to give
to be willing to die
so that honor and justice may live

and I know
if I only be true
to this glorious quest

that my heart
will be peaceful and calm
when I'm laid to my rest

and the world
will be better for this
that one man
scorned and covered with scars
still strove
with his last ounce of courage
to fight
the unbeatable foe
to reach
the unreachable star



Originally released one the soundtrack from the Broadway play Man of La Mancha


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