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 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 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
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