It's Impossible
Music and original Spanish lyrics written by Canache Armando Manzanero.
English lyrics penned by Sid Wayne.

Released 1971 on the album Something Else which is also available on CD. Additionally it is available on the CD collection Four Decades Of Song.

Armando Manzanero (born 1935 in Mexico) is a singer and songwriter. He's widely considered as the premiere Mexican romantic composer of the post-war era. He released countless LPs and occasionally he was also an actor and composed soundtrack of some Mexican and Spaniard films.

The song "It's Impossible" is the English translation of the Spanish song "Somos Novios" which was the main title of the 1968 Mexican movie with the same name. In this movie Manzanero also acted. The English title of the movie became "In Love and Engaged".

In May 1970 Perry Como recorded this song in English and 1971 it reached position number 10 in the US Billboard and number one on the easy listening charts. Because of the success of the song he then also released an accompanying album with "It's Impossible" as album title. This song also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance. Como's English version made this song well known so that afterwards many other singers have recorded it.

Special thanks to Samia for his help with the background information.


Lyrics

It's impossible
Tell the sun to leave the sky
It's just impossible
It's impossible
Ask a baby not to cry
It's just impossible
Can I hold you
Closer to me
And not feel you
Going through me
Split the second
That I never think of you
Oh how impossible

Can the ocean
Keep from rushing to the shore
It's just impossible
If I hold you
Could I ever want for more
It's just impossible
And tomorrow
Should you ask me for the world
Somehow I'd get it
I would sell my very soul
And not regret it
For to live without your love
Is just impossible

Can the ocean
Keep from rushing to the shore
It's just impossible
If I hold you
Could I ever want for more
It's just impossible
And tomorrow
Should you ask me for the world
Somehow I'd get it
I would sell my very soul
And not regret it
For to live without your love
Is just impossible

It's impossible
It's impossible
It's impossible

(Transcribed by Roman)