Man of La Mancha (Don Quixote) movie - Impossible Dream (The Quest) lyrics

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ALDONZA <br>

Why do you do these things? <br>

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DON QUIXOTE <br>

What things? <br>

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ALDONZA <br>

These ridiculous... the things you do! <br>

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DON QUIXOTE <br>

I hope to add some measure of grace to the world. <br>

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ALDONZA <br>

The world's a dung heap and we are maggots that crawl on it! <br>

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DON QUIXOTE <br>

My Lady knows better in her heart. <br>

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ALDONZA <br>

What's in my heart will get me halfway to hell. <br>

And you, Señor Don Quixote-you're going to take <br>

such a beating! <br>

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DON QUIXOTE <br>

Whether I win or lose does not matter. <br>

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ALDONZA <br>

What does? <br>

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DON QUIXOTE <br>

Only that I follow the quest. <br>

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ALDONZA <br>

(spits) <br>

That for your Quest! <br>

(turns, marches away; stops, turns bock <br>

and asks, awkwardly) <br>

What does that mean... quest? <br>

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DON QUIXOTE <br>

It is the mission of each true knight... <br>

His duty... nay, his privilege! <br>

To dream the impossible dream, <br>

To fight the unbeatable foe, <br>

To bear with unbearable sorrow <br>

To run where the brave dare not go; <br>

To right the unrightable wrong. <br>

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To love, pure and chaste, from afar, <br>

To try, when your arms are too weary, <br>

To reach the unreachable star! <br>

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This is my Quest to follow that star, <br>

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far, <br>

To fight for the right <br>

Without question or pause, <br>

To be willing to march into hell <br>

For a heavenly cause! <br>

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And I know, if I'll only be true <br>

To this glorious Quest, <br>

That my heart will lie peaceful and calm <br>

When I'm laid to my rest. <br>

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And the world will be better for this, <br>

That one man, scorned and covered with scars, <br>

Still strove, with his last ounce of courage, <br>

To reach the unreachable stars!<br>

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