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