The Impossible Dream

Luther Vandross · Hidden Gems [2012]

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 love, pure and chaste from afar

To try, when your arms are too weary

To reach the unreachable star



(Chorus):

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 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 lay to my rest



And the world will be better for this

That one man, scorned and covered with scars

Still strong, with his last ounce of courage

To reach the unreachable star



(Chorus)