"The Impossible Dream"

Richard Kiley Singing
"The Impossible Dream"
in Man of La Mancha (1965)

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

Man of La Mancha
Playbill (1965)
(2,328 performances)

Richard Kiley sings
"The Impossible Dream"
in Man of La Mancha (1966)

Spain 1376
Don Quixote
(issued 10-10-1966)

Preface: For Song #9, I've selected one of my all-time favorites "The Impossible Dream" sang by Richard Kiley in an off-Broadway Show Man of La Mancha in 1965. I still have the original souvenir program booklet with all the lyrics composed by Joe Darion & music by Mitch Leigh. I love Don Quixote, collecting postage stamps (Spain 1905) and seeing a James March film Passion & Discipline at Stanford (2-12-2013).

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
And to run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
And 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, march into Hell
For that 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 stars!

© Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com
May 14, 2023