My Way Lyrics

And now, the end is near;

and so I face the final curtain.

my friend, i'll make it clear,

I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life that's full.

I've 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 guess 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.

but 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,

"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 naught.

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!