PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
101 - The Impossible Dream
Verse 1
To dream the im-pos-si-ble dream
to fight the un-beat-a-ble foe,
to bear with un-bear-a-ble sor-row,
to run where the brave dare not go.
Verse 2
To right the un-right-a-ble wrong,
to love pure and chaste from a-far,
to try when your arms are too wea-ry,
to reach the un-reach-a-ble star! This is my…
Bridge
…quest, to fol-low that star, no mat-ter how
hope-less, no mat-ter how far; to fight for the
right with-out ques-tion or pause, to be will-ing to
march in-to hell for a heav-en-ly cause! And I
know, if I’ll on-ly be true to this glo-ri-ous
quest,that my heart will lie peace-ful and
calm, when I’m laid to my rest. (decisive entry) And the…
Verse 3
…world will be bet-ter for this;
that one man scorned and cov-ered with scars,
still strove with his last ounce of cour-age,
to reach the un-reach-a-ble stars.
Song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics by Joe Darion, written for the 1965 musical Man of La Mancha