My Way

And now the end is near

And so I face the final curtain

My friends I'll say 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 with through without exemption

I planned each chartered course

Each careful step along the by-way

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

But 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

Yes it was my way

Ah, my way