THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (THE QUEST)
From the Musical "Man Of La Mancha" (1965)
(Joe Darion / Mitch Leigh)

Richard Kiley - 1965
Jack Jones - 1966
Johnny Mathis - 1966
Frank Sinatra - 1966
Keith Michell - 1968
Florence Ballard - 1968
Glen Campbell - 1968
Ray Conniff Singers - 1968
Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - 1968
Roberta Flack - 1970
Simon Gilbert (Dubbing Peter O'Toole) - 1972
Elvis Presley - 1972
Jim Nabors - 1972
José Carreras - 1984
Luther Vandross - 1994
Ton Raines - 1998
David Barrus - 2000
Ronan Tynan - 2002
Linda Eder - 2003

Also recorded by: Robert Goulet; Tom Jones; Steve Lawrence;
John Raitt; Ethan Freeman; Frank Patterson; Gordon MacRae;
Dick Merrick; Lena Martell; Brian Blessed; Daniel Narducci;
John MacNally; Buddy Merrill; Roger Whittaker; Stig Rossen;
Craig Rubano; Wayne Newton; Albertina Walker; Samuel Ramey;
Caroline O'Connor; Glen Yarbrough; Andy Williams; Liberace;
Colm Wilkinson; Roger Williams.


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!