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 travelled 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'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 naught

To say all 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...