My Way

(Paul Anka - Jacques Revaux - Claude Francois)



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'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 chartered 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.



And did it my way...