Music by: Mitch Leigh
Written by: Joe Darion
From the Album: Softly As I Leave You
From the Show: Man Of La Mancha (1965)
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: November 18, 1966
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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 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'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 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