by Elie Hutcheson

Created on: April 11, 2009   Last Updated: December 30, 2011

When the world says you can't
And chances do seem slim
Don't listen to their chant
Their view is much too dim

When your spirit is discouraged
and your hope is almost gone
and you need to feel encouraged
by the light of another dawn

When impossible's the word
that every person shouts
And that whisper can't be heard
that dispels all those doubts

Ask, Did Edison stop trying,
At the word impossible?
He knew that they were lying,
Anything is possible.

A hundred years ago they would have seen it as insane
Sending pictures through the air would be met with disdain.
A laptop computer? You cannot be serious.
A cellular phone? You must be delirious.
You cannot see a baby inside of the womb
And everyone knows we can't get to the moon.

A man cannot fly, that is just for the birds.
"Do not even try" are discouraging words.
So don't you listen to anyone
Who says it just cannot be done

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