Andy Williams
"The Impossible Dream" lyrics

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 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 fight the unbeatable foe
To reach the unreachable star

Authors: Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh