Do You Dream the Impossible Dream?

by | Jul 9, 2008 | Misc | 1 comment


While stretching my back, I flipped on the television and found Man of La Mancha on retroplex. I tuned in right before Peter O’Toole launches into “Impossible Dream.”

What a great song. Powerful lyrics. I especially love the last verse: And the world will be better for this | That one man, scorned and covered with scars | Still strove with his last ounce of courage …

“The Impossible Dream”

from MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972)

music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion
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 reach the unreachable star