(J. Darion, M. Leigh)
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[Recorded November 18, 1966, Hollywood]
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To dream the impossible dream
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To fight the unbeatable foe
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To bear with unbearable sorrow
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To run where the brave dare not go
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To right the unrightable wrong
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(1)To be better far than you are(1)
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To try when your arms are too weary
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To reach the unreachable star
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This is my quest, to follow that star
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No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
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(2)To be willing to give when there's no more to give (2)
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(3)To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live (3)
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And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
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That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest
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And the world will be better for this
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That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
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Still strove with his last ounce of courage
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To reach the unreachable star
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[Notes:]
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The Broadway cast's version is quite similar with a few exceptions:
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(1)To love pure and chaste from afar
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(2)To fight for the right without question or pause
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(3)To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause
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The Impossible Dream
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| Frank Sinatra |
