And now the end is near
and so I face the final curtain.
My friend I’ll say it clear.
I’ll state my case of which I’m certain.
I’ve lived a life that’s full.
I traveled each and every highway
and more, much more than this
I did it my way.
Regrets I’ve had a few
but then again too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
and saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course
each careful step along the byway
and more, much more than this
I did it my way.
Yes! there were times I’m sure you knew
when I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way.
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried.
I’ve had my fill, my share of losing.
And now as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that
and may I say not in a shy way.
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way.
For what is a man? What has he got?
If not himself then he has not!
To say the things he truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows
and did it my way.
