The Impossible Dream



from Man of La Mancha

lyrics by Joe Darion

music by Mitch Leigh



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 stars!