My Way

And now the end is near

And so I face the final curtain

My friend Ill say it clear

I'll state my case

of which Im certain

I've lived a life thats full

I've traveled each and evry 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

But 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 Ive 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 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