To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear the unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the un-rightable 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 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 lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the world would 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
(repeat)
And the world would be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
He still strove with his last ounce of courage
For to reach the unreachable star
(Lyrics
by Joe Darion - Music by Mitch Leigh)
(From
the Broadway musical 'Man of La Mancha'
[1965])
(Book
by Dale Wasserman)
