(J. Darion, M. Leigh)

[Recorded November 18, 1966, Hollywood]



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

(1)To be better far than you are(1)

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

(2)To be willing to give when there's no more to give (2)

(3)To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live (3)

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



[Notes:]

The Broadway cast's version is quite similar with a few exceptions:

(1)To love pure and chaste from afar

(2)To fight for the right without question or pause

(3)To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause