Jack Jones
 Words and Music by Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh
 From the Broadway musical "Man Of La Mancha"

 (peak Billboard Adult Contemporary position # 35 in 1966)

 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 be better far than you are
 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 be willing to give when there's no more to give
 To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live

 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.


 Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
 ronhontz@worldnet.att.net