And now, the end is near and so I´ve got to face The final curtain Friends I´ll say clear and 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
Yeah, 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´ve planned each charted course Each careful footstep along the byway Yeah, and more, much more than this I did my way
Yes, there were times, I´m sure you knew When I bit off much more than i could chew But through it all, when there was doubt I ate it all and spat it out I faced it all and I stood tall And did it my way
I´ve laughed and cried, 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 sly way Oh, no no no, no not me I did it my way
What is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has not To say the things He truly feels Not words of one who kneels And that shows I took the blows And did it my way